Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
Browse movies, tv shows, books and more where a woman is brutalized for spectacle.
Many women are victims of physical violence and abuse. Women in media are often made into narrative props that get used as targets for violence, for shock value. This may overlap with some cases of other categories, but encompasses the broader range of situations where women are made into hapless victims of brutal treatment, for shock. Being able to know, beforehand, whether a piece of media includes this trope would be greatly beneficial to many women.
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Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
9
No
126
5
KamiSteele
Female characters die and are injured, but most of the scenes aren't particularly gendered and are plot-important. In terms of triggers, the most potentially upsetting instance occurs during the climax, which has DV themes contextually. That said, the character survives to the end and appears in one of the last scenes recovering in a hospital.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
8
No
64
3
trashbirdfilmwatcher
[Spoiler]
During the end the Oliver rips a breathing tube out of Elspeth’s mouth and disconnects her life support. He then proceeds to get on top of her.
During the end the Oliver rips a breathing tube out of Elspeth’s mouth and disconnects her life support. He then proceeds to get on top of her.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
0
No
58
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
4
No
32
1
Yes but it happens to male characters too and is all consensual.
The “talk to me” game is what I’m talking about
The “talk to me” game is what I’m talking about
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
0
No
29
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
4
No
28
2
MagitekVai
A woman is put in a death trap (she survives) and is later seen with mild injuries. A other and daughter are taken hostage, they're crying and menaced with a gun. The film goes to great length to show how scared they are. However, the overwhelming majority of the violence is committed against men
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
10
No
28
9
S2
E2
A fight scene between a woman and a non-binary character which is demanded by the main character but appears to be consensual (pirate “shenanigans”) ?
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
0
No
26
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
0
No
25
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
2
No
21
0
Ellie_red
There are often murders of women, some more violent than others, but equally as many violent murders of men in the series. It does not feel like the violence is focused on women
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
2
No
21
2
PausedWaterfall
Jaiden is repeatedly killed for points in a game that is, for the person running it, a spectacle. It does not particularly come across as spectacle for the players who kill her.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
0
No
20
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
1
No
20
Video Game Report
Yes
2
No
19
0
jonahberry
This depends on your sensitivity, but during the Manberg vs Pogtopia Arc, Niki is heavily targeted by Manberg and made a spectacle of. It’s just Minecraft violence and trapping her in the ground or a cage iirc? But still
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
0
No
19
TV Show • 1993 Report
Yes
3
No
19
Video Game Report
Yes
0
No
18
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
0
No
18
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
0
No
18
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
0
No
18
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
1
No
17
0
Arkane
S11
E11
There is some dialogue that makes it clear they kidnapped a young girl as a trophy. Who they kept on display until she rotted away. They have an unknown amount of people they have done this to, as this is a common thing to occur.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
2
No
17
1
gr8gabs
Not specifically, and not purposefully.
(SPOILERS)
There are a few attacks aimed at human characters by non-human characters throughout the film. One female character is mauled as a child by a chimpanzee in a flashback scene, and while the attack is off-screen, we do hear her scream cut off by the sound of her mauling. She survives the attack, but her resulting disfigurement is later briefly seen. The attack is specifically referred to as "a spectacle."
Other scenes involve human characters being attacked in a group, with a couple female characters screaming or being injured.
(SPOILERS)
There are a few attacks aimed at human characters by non-human characters throughout the film. One female character is mauled as a child by a chimpanzee in a flashback scene, and while the attack is off-screen, we do hear her scream cut off by the sound of her mauling. She survives the attack, but her resulting disfigurement is later briefly seen. The attack is specifically referred to as "a spectacle."
Other scenes involve human characters being attacked in a group, with a couple female characters screaming or being injured.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
0
No
17
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
0
No
17
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
0
No
17
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
0
No
16
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
0
No
16
Movie • 2009 Report
Yes
0
No
15
TV Show • 2015 Report
Yes
1
No
15
TV Show • 2018 Report
Yes
0
No
14