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This seems to be a wide-scale application of the [[Disposable Woman]] concept, sans any significant connection to [[The Hero]]; further, the deaths carry no more than the normal dramatic weight, and do not motivate the Hero to action any more than would male deaths. All other things being more or less equal, the director will simply ''choose'' to populate his movie with female victims. And then, of course, there are plots in which the killer will ''specifically'' target females.
One would assume, in this age of equal rights and feminism and all, that this would be a [[Discredited Trope]] or even a [[Dead Horse Trope]]. But no, the trope is alive and well. Apparently, the sight of women being terrorized on screen is just more... um... [[Fan Service|titillating]]. Or a good way to show just how evil your monster is by [[Kick the Dog|attacking poor defenseless girls]]. Also don't forget that [[Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies]]. Either that, or it's because this trope is based on
As a direct result of this trope, many slasher movies have a [[Final Girl]] (and one with no form of self-defense training at that), since audiences are somehow more likely to root for a young, nubile, defenseless ([[Missing White Woman Syndrome|white]]) woman on the run from a psychopath who gutted her friends like fish, as opposed to a man in a similar position.
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