History Main / ThirdLawOfGenderBending

* In ''[[AllofMe All of Me]]'', while the heroine is technically sharing a body with the male protagonist, when he falls "asleep" during a court scene, she has to pretend to be him during a cross examination. Her attempts to act male include, but are not limited to, widening her shoulders as much as possible, deepening her voice to ridiculous extents, and even pausing to spit into a non-existent spittoon.

** Made explicit in the case of the four [[JerkJock JerkJocks]] who got turned into cheerleaders (''[[{{Cheer}} The Wotch, Cheer!]]'') where it's flat-out stated that the four primarily acted like macho jerks to repress their fundamentally kind and gentle (i.e. "feminine") inner natures

* The T-Girls of the JetDream RemixComic follow this for the most part, though being [[ActionGirl Action Girls]], they also retain many traditionally "masculine" traits. Because the T-Girls are often [[MataHari covert operatives]], they have been extensively trained in all aspects of "feminine behavior." However, for the most part they also thoroughly ''enjoy'' their new female roles.
* {{Spiderwebs}} uses variation one: After an ill-considered wish turns the protagonist into a girl she returns home to discover her bedroom redecorated and all of her clothes replaced by a "helpful" pooka.
* TheGoodWitch: Playing with the third law is just one of the ways Angel torments her victims. Examples include making sure all of her older brother's transformations include uber-girly clothes, turning one classmate into a cheerleader (complete with outfit) and possibly turning another into an [[WholesomeCrossdresser enthusiastic transvestite.]] However, the third law is also played straight with Angel herself, who as a former transgendered boy is absolutely thrilled to finally be able to buy the dress she always wanted. Since she can (and does) magically create any clothing she wants at will actually buying the dress appears to have been an act of affirmation on her part.
* SailorSun: Bay is forced to dress as a magical girl for her acting job and later forced to act as surrogate mother for two successive [[KidFromTheFuture Kids From The Future.]]

* In a ''FoxTrot'' story arc (playing off of ''The Metamorphosis''), Jason dreams of waking up transformed into a girl. He panics at first, but soon experiences desires to go shopping and enjoying the BackstreetBoys.
** Justified, as we see that Jason has a childish view of girls (which makes sense, as he ''is'' a child).

* A mild version can be found in ''TheDayOfRevolution'': Megumi is not shown wearing any exclusively female clothing outside of her girls' school uniform, but since this is Japan her uniform has to be a stereotypical SailorFuku complete with a ridiculously short skirt. She also has her BFF Motoko to constantly remind her to act more like a girl. Presumably she only puts up with this because she actually wants to be a girl, she's just riddled with second thoughts and self doubt whenever she enconters a new aspect of just what being a girl entails

* Despite being a serial GenderBender herself, Hildy Johnson, the protagonist of JohnVarley's ''Steel Beach'' insists that there are still "girl things" and "boy things" when it comes to dress and behavior, because otherwise there would be little point in changing gender in the first place. This serves to underscore that EasySexChange has become so easy in Hildy's world (you can get a sex change in a beauty shop or a tattoo parlor) that some people are willing to change sex just to facilitate a relationship or even just to suit their clothes.)

* A mild version can be found in ''TheDayOfRevolution'': Megumi is not shown wearing any exclusively female clothing outside of her girls' school uniform, but since this is Japan her uniform has to be a stereotypical SailorFuku complete with a ridiculously short skirt.

* Despite being a serial GenderBender herself, Hildy Johnson, the protagonist of JohnVarley's ''Steel Beach'' insists that there are still "girl things" and "boy things" when it comes to dress and behavior, because otherwise there would be little point in changing gender in the first place. (The RealLife veracity of Hildy's opinion is doubtful, but in a future world with EasySexChange technology, it's plausible that she might feel that way. S/he seems to be getting a sex change because s/he wants to do those things in the first place.)

* Despite being a serial GenderBender herself, Hildy Johnson, the protagonist of John Varley's ''Steel Beach'' insists that there are still "girl things" and "boy things" when it comes to dress and behavior, because otherwise there would be little point in changing gender in the first place. (The RealLife veracity of Hildy's opinion is doubtful, but in a future world with EasySexChange technology, it's plausible that she might feel that way. S/he seems to be getting a sex change because s/he wants to do those things in the first place.)

* Despite being a serial GenderBender herself, Hildy Johnson, the protagonist of John Varley's ''Steel Beach'' insists that there are still "girl things" and "boy things" when it comes to dress and behavior, because otherwise there would be little point in changing gender in the first place. (The RealLife veracity of Hildy's opinion is doubtful, but in a future world with EasySexChange technology, it's plausible that she might feel that way.)

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* In ''[[AllofMe All of Me]]'', while the heroine is technically sharing a body with the male protagonist, when he falls "asleep" during a court scene, she has to pretend to be him during a cross examination. Her attempts to act male include, but are not limited to, widening her shoulders as much as possible, deepening her voice to ridiculous extents, and even pausing to spit into a non-existent spittoon.

Since most [[GenderBender gender benders]] are male-to-female this frequently results in scenes where the newly minted "girl" is confronted with all of the "requirements" of his new gender, which almost invariably include [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics skirts, hose, makeup, high heels and other trappings of femininity]] which, while common, are by no means mandatory in real life. Depending upon the author this may be played either as FetishFuel or as a TakeThat or sometimes both, and the circumstances enforcing this requirement will often seem contrived at best.

* In TheWorldGodOnlyKnows, though it can be attribute partly to the [[AWizardDidIt Weiss]], we see during the FreakyFridayFlip that the protagonist leaning to the "dark side of gaming"(playing DatingSim... [[SeriousBusiness for girls ! ]]) and behaving more and more feminine.

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* Too many examples to list them all here. [[http://www.fictionmania.tv/ Way way way ''way'' too many]].

* Sort of a ZigZaggingTrope in ''Futurama,'' where fembot!Bender embraces ''his'' idea of what a woman should be---basically, [[MyGirlIsASlut slutty]]---but Calculon recognizes this as making her "one of the boys." Interestingly, he finds this attractive and falls in love with "her," while Bender becomes more "feminine" and worries that his scam will hurt Calculon.

* In ''AllofMe'', while the heroine is technically sharing a body with the male protagonist, when he falls "asleep" during a court scene, she has to pretend to be him during a cross examination. Her attempts to act male include, but are not limited to, widening her shoulders as much as possible, deepening her voice to ridiculous extents, and even pausing to spit into a non-existent spittoon.

* In ''All of Me'', while the heroine is technically sharing a body with the male protagonist, when he fall 'asleep' during a court scene, she has to pretend to be him during a cross examination. Her attempts to act male include, but are not limited to, widening her shoulders as much as possible, deepening her voice to ridiculous extents, and even pausing to spit into a non-existent spittoon.

* ''{{Misfile}}'': deconstructed, along with most GenderBender Tropes. Ash ''never'' acts or dresses like a girl beyond some minimal concessions that are either biologically (periods, bras) or culturally (bathing suits, a bridesmaid dress) enforced. He doesn't hesitate to complain about it, either.
** Ash's mother, however, is doing her utmost to enforce this trope, including twice roping Ash into modeling events.

* Piers Anthony's works generally have some form of gender bending occur once every two books or so; when they do this is almost always in effect. Generally, the GenderBender is deliberately playing to the stereotypes, and usually to influence members of the currently opposite sex. He also tends to write natural laws into his settings which force some, umm... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean behaviors and responses]] onto sexes. Examples can be found elsewhere on this wiki.

* SailorSun: Bay is forced to dress as a magical girl for her acting job and later forced to act as surrogate mother for two sucessive [[KidFromTheFuture Kids From The Future.]]

* Played painfully straight in ''[[TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Marvelous Land of Oz]]'': after Tip is turned back into Princess Ozma, he instantly transforms from a fairly rambunctions boy to an exceedingly girly girl. However, given the date of publication (1903) it's highly unlikely anything else would have been considered acceptable.

* TheGoodWitch: Playing with the third law is just one of the ways Angel torments her victims. Examples include making sure all of her older brother's transformations include uber-girly clothes, turning one classmate into a cheerleader (complete with outfit) and possibly turning another into an [[WholesomeCrossdresser enthusiastic transvestite.]] However, the third law is also played straight with Angel herself, who as a former transgendered boy is absolutely thrilled to finally be able to buy the dress she always wanted after her own GenderBender. Since she can (and does) use her magic to create any clothing she wants actually buying a dress appears to have been an act of affirmation.

* Played with in ''RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma's ''actions'' are typically the same regardless of his form, but his ''reactions'' are often stereotypical, especially in responses to "perverted" behavior from the likes of Kuno or Happousai. In those cases his reactions usually differ very little from any of the real girls in the series. Also, whenever Ranma is in "disguise" as a female he typically overdoes it, implying that he's consciously trying to act out stereotypes

* Both averted and played straight in ''RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma's ''actions'' are typically the same regardless of his form, but his ''reactions'' are often stereotypical, especially in responses to "perverted" behavior from the likes of Kuno or Happousai. In those cases his reactions usually differ very little from any of the real girls in the series. Also, whenever Ranma is in "disguise" as a female he typically overdoes it, implying that he's consciously trying to act out stereotypes

*VirginiaWoolf had...strong but hard to codify opinions about gender expression, but they result in Orlando getting very feminine 'naturally' after his/her genderbend.