Smurfette syndrome - Revision history

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	== Incidents of the Syndrome ==		== Incidents of the Syndrome ==
	* ''[[Witchblade (TV series)\|Witchblade]]''		* ''[[Witchblade (TV series)\|Witchblade]]''
	* numerous works of [[urban fantasy]] / [[paranormal romance]]<ref>Lesley W, [http://lesleywbooknook.blogspot.com/2008/12/10-things-every-potential-uf-heroine.html 10 Things Every Potential UF Heroine Needs to Know], LesleyW's BookNook, 2008/12/10.</ref> -- e.g., [[Jenna Black]]'s ''[[The Devil Inside]]''		* numerous works of [[urban fantasy]] / [[paranormal romance]]<ref>Lesley W, [http://lesleywbooknook.blogspot.com/2008/12/10-things-every-potential-uf-heroine.html 10 Things Every Potential UF Heroine Needs to Know], LesleyW's BookNook, 2008/12/10 ("3) You will have no girlfriends. All the women you meet will either be a) passing acquaintances, b) bitter enemies or c) so powerful, you have no common point of reference. If you do have a girlfriend, she'll shortly be leaving to start a UF series of her own or worse see #10.").</ref> -- e.g., [[Jenna Black]]'s ''[[The Devil Inside]]''



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	* ''[[Witchblade (TV series)\|Witchblade]]''		* ''[[Witchblade (TV series)\|Witchblade]]''
			* numerous works of [[urban fantasy]] / [[paranormal romance]]<ref>Lesley W, [http://lesleywbooknook.blogspot.com/2008/12/10-things-every-potential-uf-heroine.html 10 Things Every Potential UF Heroine Needs to Know], LesleyW's BookNook, 2008/12/10.</ref> -- e.g., [[Jenna Black]]'s ''[[The Devil Inside]]''



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	== ~~Incidence~~ of the Syndrome ==		== Incidents of the Syndrome ==
	(~~Examples here~~)		* ''[[Witchblade (TV series)\|Witchblade]]''



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	== Origin ==		== Origin ==

	The name comes from the fact that there is only one female character, la Schtroumpfette (the Smurfette), in the entire village in ''Les Schtroumpfs'' (''The Smurfs''), a Belgian [[comic book]] series. (A second female Smurf called Sassette came in later, but this still leaves a superlatively unbalanced [[gender ratio]].)		The name comes from the fact that there is only one female character, la Schtroumpfette (the Smurfette), in the entire village in ''Les Schtroumpfs'' (''The Smurfs''), a Belgian [[comic book]] series (later made into the English-language cartoon). (A second female Smurf called Sassette came in later, but this still leaves a superlatively unbalanced [[gender ratio]].)

	Both the [[Smurfette]] and Sassette were magical creations added to a pre-existing, all-male Smurf community.		Both the [[Smurfette]] and Sassette were magical creations added to a pre-existing, all-male Smurf community.

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2007-02-27T07:39:24Z

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The [[sexist]] narrative trope of having only one female character in a group consisting of a large number of male characters.

It relates to [[tokenism]] and [[exceptionalism]].

== Origin ==

The name comes from the fact that there is only one female character, la Schtroumpfette (the Smurfette), in the entire village in ''Les Schtroumpfs'' (''The Smurfs''), a Belgian [[comic book]] series. (A second female Smurf called Sassette came in later, but this still leaves a superlatively unbalanced [[gender ratio]].)

Both the [[Smurfette]] and Sassette were magical creations added to a pre-existing, all-male Smurf community.

== Incidence of the Syndrome ==
(Examples here)

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