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Women in Refrigerators
Charlie Andrews was killed shortly after her introduction to develop Hiro's story.

Women in Refrigerators is the title of a list compiled by American comics author Gail Simone. It details occurrences of the victimization of female characters as a plot device in comics throughout the years.

About

Taking its name from an infamous event in Green Lantern where the hero returned home to find his girlfriend's dismembered body stuffed in his refrigerator by an adversary, the list originally merely provided a listing of events without much in the way of commentary or analysis, although on its face the list speaks volumes. The authors of the list submitted it to various other comic book creators for comment. Responses ranged from denial to disgust, and explanations offered ranged from poor writing to misogyny to the imbalance of secondary (and thus disposable) female characters compared to secondary male characters.

Heroes Characters in Refrigerators

List of Victimized Female Characters

The following female characters have been subjected to physical, psychological, emotional, or sexual violence.

• Charlie Andrews—blood clot in brain, murdered by Sylar
• Au Co--killed by Dallas
• Claire Bennet—repeatedly injured (both accidentally and intentionally), sexually assaulted, murdered, attacked by Sylar
• Sandra Bennet—repeatedly brainwashed on her husband's orders; beaten by Sylar; developing severe neurological disorder
• Simone Deveaux—codependent relationship, father dead, accidentally shot by Isaac
• Hana Gitelman—female relatives killed by Nazis and terrorists; betrayed by AWI to become a vigilante
• Eden McCain—abused and abandoned by her father, abused by her stepmother, former addict and thief, committed suicide when assaulted by Sylar
• Heidi Petrelli—crippled in an accident, spousal infidelity
• Niki Sanders—abused as a child, alcoholic, forced to strip by Linderman's thugs, assaulted by Linderman's henchman, forced into non-consensual sex with Nathan Petrelli by her alter-ego, possibly psychotic, imprisoned in a padded cell, finally "trapped" in a mirror by Jessica
• Dale Smither--murdered by Sylar
• Karen Sprague — dead from cancer due to husband's powers
• Lori Tremmel—raped by Brody Mitchum
• Mrs. Walker—pinned to a wall and murdered by Sylar
• Molly Walker—parents brutally murdered, nearly abducted by Sylar
• Jackie Wilcox—murdered by Sylar
• Dr. Witherson—attacked by Jessica

List of Victimized Male Characters

For purposes of comparison, the following male characters have been subjected to physical, psychological, emotional, or sexual violence.

• Aron Malsky—brutally murdered by Jessica
• Brian Davis—bludgeoned to death by Gabriel
• Brody Mitchum—car wrecked by Claire, mind-wiped by the Haitian
• Chandra Suresh—killed by Sylar
• Charles Deveaux—spends the first episodes of the series dying
• Claude Rains—kidnapped by Mr. Bennet, tagged and possibly brainwashed in the past
• D.L. Hawkins—framed by Jessica for theft and murder, falsely imprisoned, beaten and shot in the chest by Jessica
• Gabriel Gray—kidnapped by The Company, drugged to near death; shot by Matt Parkman, Mr. Bennet, and Mohinder Suresh
• Hal Sanders—beaten and threatened by Jessica
• Isaac Mendez—kidnapped by the Company, forced to do heroin by Eden, brainwashed, killed by Sylar (in the future), emotionally disturbed by Candace
• James Walker—killed by Sylar
• Lyle Bennet—brainwashed by orders of his father
• Micah Sanders—arm smashed by Jessica, witnessed attack on Niki Sanders
• Peter Petrelli—attacked by Sylar, repeatedly beaten and thrown off building by Claude
• Matt Parkman—kidnapped by the Company, cuckolded, thrown out a window
• Theodore Sprague—kidnapped by the Company, widowed
• Zane Taylor— murdered by Sylar to obtain his power
• Zach—brainwashed by order of Mr. Bennet, teased by Jackie Wilcox

External Links

• Women in Refrigerators
• Women in Refrigerators — Wikipedia