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In the Movies, Why Does the Woman Always Have to Die? And Other Gender Stereotypes

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files

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Women in Refrigerators

Female characters are often killed so that the male figure can have some motivation. The idea is called women in refrigerators. It describes a common trope where a woman's suffering is used to kick start or progress the male protagonist's story line.

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