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* a woman character is raped or is in danger of being raped -- the eternal [[rapability]] of female characters | * a woman character is raped or is in danger of being raped -- the eternal [[rapability]] of female characters | ||
* a female character dies in childbirth | * a female character dies in childbirth | ||
* "convenient" circumstances prevent a female character from going through with her decision to have an abortion (cf. Robin in ''[[V]]'', whose alien hybrid fetus's invasive vascularisation made it impossible to remove without killing her; spontaneous miscarriages and so forth) -- therefore rendering women's reproductive choices inconsequent when that oh-so-controversial subject is broached | |||
* using female characters to voice misogynistic and/or patriarchal ideas because it would be "too obvious" to use male characters -- victim-blaming, in short | |||
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Plot Devices that Make You Roll Your Eyes
- a woman character is raped or is in danger of being raped -- the eternal rapability of female characters
- a female character dies in childbirth
- "convenient" circumstances prevent a female character from going through with her decision to have an abortion (cf. Robin in V, whose alien hybrid fetus's invasive vascularisation made it impossible to remove without killing her; spontaneous miscarriages and so forth) -- therefore rendering women's reproductive choices inconsequent when that oh-so-controversial subject is broached
- using female characters to voice misogynistic and/or patriarchal ideas because it would be "too obvious" to use male characters -- victim-blaming, in short