History Main / MenAreTheExpendableGender

* In most countries, life expectancy for men is shorter for women than for men. In the US, the life expectancy for men is around 74, while life expectancy for women is around 79. While things such as accidents might drag the average down for men, some have argued that ''BIOLOGY'' feels that men are expendable. The Y-chromosome is much smaller than the X, which makes men more vulnerable to genetic problems from their X chromosome, whereas since women have two, genetic anomalies on one are masked by the other. They believe that since women care for children, they're conditioned to live longer, while men are supposed to help create the child, then get out of the way.

* This trope is (generally) subverted if you are male and your life is in serious danger.

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** During the sinking of the ''Titanic'' there was some variation to this trope amongst the officers in charge of the lifeboats; Second Officer Lightoller tended to interpret "women and children first" as "women and children ''only''" while First Officer Murdoch went with "women and children first... then men if there is room."
** There were far more men on the Titanic than women, yet many women and children in other than First Class died.

** Warren Farrell is not a doctor, and he's also a notorious anti-feminist who's said things like, "Before we called it date rape, we called it a good time." In a long Penthouse interview, he claimed that not all incest is bad. His research does not stand up, nor do his conclusions.

** Another argument for keeping women out of combat is more cynical: combat serves as legitimacy. It's the ultimate accolade. Women also make up a grand total of 15% of the US military, and are subjected to harassment, rape, and murder. There's simply more men to kill.

** Women are being kept from those jobs by sexism, discrimination, or gender roles. It's a case of men loading the deck against themselves.

** Womens' jobs at the time paid much much less. Men are given preference to higher-paying jobs because they have 'families to support.' Don't women?

* You can eviscerate any random female you find in ''Postal'' (a really equal game in {{Gorn}})

* You can eviscerate any random female you find in ''Postal''(a really equal game in {{Gorn}})

* You can eviscerate any random female you find in {{Postal}} (a really equal game in {{Gorn}})

The UnfortunateImplications for men include WouldntHitAGirl, DomesticAbuse, AllMenArePerverts.

* Most of the zombies you encounter in-game in {{Resident Evil}} series are male.

* In ''SouthPark'' is common to see women die or get killed in gruesome manners (equal as men) when [[DyingLikeAnimals the masses die]] in some episodes.

* In [[SouthPark South Park]] is common to see women die or get killed in gruesome manners (equal as men) when [[DyingLikeAnimals the masses die]] in some episodes.

* In [[SouthPark South Park]] is common to see women get killed in gruesome manners (equal as men) when [[RedShirt the masses die]] in some episodes.

* This trope is generally subverted if you are male and your life is in serious danger

* In [[SouthPark South Park]] is common to see women get killed in gruesome manners (equal as men) when [[RedShirt the masses die]]

Likewise, the "women and children" phrase noted above, while it renders men irrelevant, in the same broad stroke equates the self-sufficiency of women with that of children, and by extension implies that the death of men is more acceptable because they're inherently more capable of taking care of themselves. When a woman or child dies it is because someone failed to protect them; when a man dies it is because he failed to protect himself. And no one likes a [[NonActionGuy failure.]] And, of course, this implies that [[WallBanger all women are useless, ineffectual, unable to take care of themselves and need to be protected, always]]

* Men, in general, are at a far greater risk of assault and murder, especially by (male) strangers.

* In [[SouthPark South Park]] is common to see women get killed in gruesome manners (equal as men) when [[DyingLikeAnimals the masses die]]

Likewise, the "women and children" phrase noted above, while it renders men irrelevant, in the same broad stroke equates the self-sufficiency of women with that of children, and by extension implies that the death of men is more acceptable because they're inherently more capable of taking care of themselves. When a woman or child dies it is because someone failed to protect them; when a man dies it is because he failed to protect himself. And no one likes a [[NonActionGuy failure.]]

* Men, in general, are at a far greater risk of assault and murder, especially by strangers.

Female characters are also expected to treat themselves as less expendable than male characters. Female characters do not lose sympathy for preserving their own lives or safety at the cost of other characters' lives and safety. Male characters lose considerable sympathy if they don't at least try to bend over backwards and help save female characters' lives even if the cost is their own. (Imagine the climactic [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready death scene]] in ''{{Titanic}}'' with the genders reversed.) This can also extend to male characters protecting female characters, as they would children, from knowing about negative situations. (Completely ignoring the possibility that, as an adult with experience, a female character might have valuable insight into solving the problem a negative situation presents.) On the other hand, if the woman is, or could be, pregnant, this is sometimes brought forward in extenuation, softening if not averting the trope: she has to save herself to protect the child.

* AdamGreen's ''Frozen'' has two male leads and one female lead. One of them survives the movie while deserving it ''the least''. [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Guess who?]]

* And don´t forget [[Fallout3 Fallout 3]] where you can [[YourHeadAsplode explode the brain]] of any female you find, even if the woman is your ally (for example, Sydney...)

* ''Film/Red'' has two villainous female characters: a rocket launcher carrying hitwoman and [[spoiler: Cooper's boss CIA agent Cynthia Wilkes who is eventually revealed to be TheDragon.]] [[spoiler: Both are killed by ''male'' good guys without pause or comment.]]