Fan Creation:Women in Refrigerators

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
• 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.
• Hana Gitelman—female relatives killed by Nazi's and terrorists; betrayed by AWI to become a vigilante
• Audrey Hanson—nearly forced to commit suicide by Sylar
• Nurse Jennifer—held hostage and burned by Ted Sprague
• 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
• 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.
• Karen Sprague (and the Engineer's wife)— 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.

• Brian Davis—bludgeoned by Gabriel
• Broken nose guard—Severely beaten by Jessica while handling Niki during her time of inprisonment.
• 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.
• Hal Sanders—beaten and threatened by Jessica
• James Walker—killed by Sylar
• Lyle Bennet—brainwashed by orders of his father.
• Micah Sanders—arm smashed by Jessica, witnessed attack on Niki Sanders.
• Zane Taylor— murdered by Sylar to obtain his power.
• Zach—brainwashed by order of Mr. Bennet

External Links

• Women in Refrigerators
• Women in Refrigerators — Wikipedia