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If the women are abducted rather than killed, it's probably because [[Mars Needs Women]]. See also [[Damsel in Distress]], [[Mono-Gender Monsters]], [[Touch of the Monster]]. Many this trope's aversions come from the fact that [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]].
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* While men and women both die plentifully in works by [[Frank Miller]], the fetishistic way that women are killed, often while they're partially or completely naked, has led to accusations of [[Author Appeal]].
** [[Sin City]]'s male villains in particular are nearly always some variation of misogynistic [[Complete Monster]], to the point where in ''A Dame to Kill For,'' the second major [[Sin City]] story, {{spoiler|Ava, the titular [[Femme Fatale]], plays on Dwight's [[The Dulcinea Effect|violent protectiveness toward women]] by casting her perfectly innocent husband, Damien Lord, as one of these in her [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]}}.
* Unum is being created by a cosmic entity called Enmity, out of the souls of the armies of cruel villains such as Dormammu who [[We Have Reserves| treated them as expendable and sent them to their deaths.]] Practically an embodiment of hate, Unum's goal is to murder every hero in the universe, and [[Female Misogynist| despite being physically female herself]], decided to start with heroines. Why? Nobody knows, but at very least, [[She-Hulk]] was able to [[Heel Realisation| convince her to turn on Enmity]].
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** Played straight in the first season though. The Ice Truck Killer targets only women, in particular, prostitutes. Again, this is similar to real serial killers, who (being primarily men) will target prostitutes under either some misguided "morals" that they have, or simply because they feel [[Disposable Sex Worker|they won't really be missed]].
== Tabletop Game ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'':
** The kelpie is a Monster Misandrist. A combination of [[Man-Eating Plant]] (the plant in question being seaweed), [[Enthralling Siren]], and [[The Vamp]], they not only limit their prey to males, females are immune to their charming powers. It is not known why, the most common theories being they were created for divine retribution against sailors for not honoring the sea gods (at a time when female sailors were rare, giving them exemption), or that they were created by the Evil Archomental Olhydra, who is herself a [[Straw Feminist]].
** Nereids are female elemental spirits who Zigzag and possibly subvert the Trope. They clearly do not like men and have powers that are detrimental only to males, a type of glamour about them causing men to be unable to physically harm them and viewing them as shy and flirtatious maidens. However, nereids are non-combative and do not go out of their way to seduce and enslave males, usually letting their pet [[Sea Monster]]s defend them, using a [[Kiss of Death]] on a human who will not take "NO!" for an answer. In fact, it seems far more common for unscrupulous pirates or mercenaries to enslave a nereid by stealing her shawl (her [[Soul Jar]]) making [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|this Monster Misogyny of a very different sort.]]
== Video Games ==
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