Women in refrigerators

Sexist trope prevalent within comics, but also present in other media, which was identified by Gail Simone, who coined the expression and compiled a list of "superheroines who have been either depowered, raped, or cut up and stuck in the refrigerator".

The Women in Refrigerators Syndrome describes the recurrent use of the murder (or other mistreatment) of female characters as a plot device to advance a male character's story.

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Women in Refrigerators

Actual examples of women in refrigerators.

Television

• Alienated episode 2x07, "The Arrival"
• The Collector episode 2x05, "The Tattoo Artist"
• Veronica Mars episode 1x22, "Leave It to Beaver"

Movies

• David Cronenberg's Rabid (1977) (poster image)

Women in Refrigerators Syndome

Stories in which women aren't necessarily put in actual refrigerators, but where their deaths, suffering, or otherwise unpleasant fates are used as plot devices in a male character's storyline.

External links

• The Women in Refrigerators website
• Wikipedia entry on Women in Refrigerators