Women crazed by power - Revision history

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	Female characters are often shown disempowered or in subordinated position, but when they are shown to be empowered, this is sometimes handled in a gendered fashion. In particular, empowered women are frequently disempowered in horrible ways (see [[women in refrigerators]]), and sometimes '''crazed ''by'' their power'''.		Female characters are often shown disempowered or in subordinated position, but when they are shown to be empowered, this is sometimes handled in a gendered fashion. In particular, empowered women are frequently disempowered in horrible ways (see [[women in refrigerators]]), and sometimes '''crazed ''by'' their power'''.

			Obviously, just about all of the examples in this page are '''SPOILERS'''. They are therefore arranged chronologically, with more recent examples at the end.

	Examples:		Examples:


			== 1990s ==

			* [[Nancy Downs]] in ''[[The Craft]]'' ([[1996]])

			== 2000s ==

			=== 2006 ===
			* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3) -- "had" to be mind-blocked from accessing her full mental powers by Professor X when she was a child; when they are released she kills her husband, becomes sexually dominant with Wolverine, joins the villains, goes on a destructive rampage and "has" the be killed to stop the destruction.

			* [[Niki Sanders]] in ''[[Heroes]]'' -- has a sociopathic split personality, while her "normal" self is unable to access her super-strength.

			=== 2007 ===
	* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''		* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''
	* [[~~Jean Grey~~]] in ''[[~~The X-Men: The Last Stand~~]]'' (X-~~Men movie 3)~~
	* [[~~Niki Sanders]] in ''[[Heroes~~]]''		=== 2008 ===
	* [[~~Nancy Downs~~]] in ''~~[[The Craft]]~~''		* [[Irina Spalko]] in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' -- is disintegrated by knowledge she sought.

			* [[Donna Noble]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' S4's final episode, "Journey's End" -- gains Time Lord knowledge then "has" to be mind-wiped and forget all of her adventures because she would explode if she remembered any of it!

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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2008-05-13T14:36:45Z

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2008-04-16T02:30:44Z

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	* [[Nancy Downs]] in ''[[The Craft]]''		* [[Nancy Downs]] in ''[[The Craft]]''

			==See Also==
			* [[Women and madness]]

	[[Category:Characterization]]		[[Category:Characterization]]

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2008-02-13T00:32:36Z

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	* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''		* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''
	* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The ~~Final~~ Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)		* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)
	* [[Niki Sanders]] in ''[[Heroes]]''		* [[Niki Sanders]] in ''[[Heroes]]''
	* [[Nancy Downs]] in ''[[The Craft]]''		* [[Nancy Downs]] in ''[[The Craft]]''

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2007-11-09T01:13:36Z

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	* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''		* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''
	* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Final Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)		* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Final Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)
			* [[Niki Sanders]] in ''[[Heroes]]''
	* [[Nancy Downs]] in ''[[The Craft]]''		* [[Nancy Downs]] in ''[[The Craft]]''


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2007-11-08T20:49:30Z

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	* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''		* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''
	* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Final Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)		* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Final Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)
			* [[Nancy Downs]] in ''[[The Craft]]''


	[[Category:Characterization]]		[[Category:Characterization]]

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2007-10-11T17:19:25Z

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	Female characters are often shown disempowered or in subordinated position, but when they are shown to be empowered, this is sometimes handled in a gendered fashion. In particular, empowered women are frequently disempowered in horrible ways (see [[women in refrigerators]]), and sometimes '''crazed ''by'' their power''''.		Female characters are often shown disempowered or in subordinated position, but when they are shown to be empowered, this is sometimes handled in a gendered fashion. In particular, empowered women are frequently disempowered in horrible ways (see [[women in refrigerators]]), and sometimes '''crazed ''by'' their power'''.

	Examples:		Examples:
	* [[Sarah ~~Corvis~~]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''		* [[Sarah Corvus]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''
	* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Final Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)		* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Final Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)


	[[Category:Characterization]]		[[Category:Characterization]]

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2007-10-11T16:20:10Z

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New page

Female characters are often shown disempowered or in subordinated position, but when they are shown to be empowered, this is sometimes handled in a gendered fashion. In particular, empowered women are frequently disempowered in horrible ways (see [[women in refrigerators]]), and sometimes '''crazed ''by'' their power''''.

Examples:
* [[Sarah Corvis]] in ''[[Bionic Woman]]''
* [[Jean Grey]] in ''[[The X-Men: The Final Stand]]'' (X-Men movie 3)

[[Category:Characterization]]