Tropescilloscope: Men Are the Expendable Gender

Male death and suffering is less important than female death and suffering. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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German Films Disappeared Dad And the Adventure Continues Morality Pet Black Best Friend Ironic Echo Scare Chord Documentary Mythology Gag Stuff Blowing Up Villain with Good Publicity Cold-Blooded Torture Anyone Can Die Genre Shift '80s Hair Domestic Abuse Evil Brit Mugging the Monster Important Haircut Good Is Not Nice Chekhov's Gun All Just a Dream Bury Your Gays What Happened to the Mouse? Guns Akimbo No Antagonist Historical-Domain Character Shoot the Shaggy Dog Vitriolic Best Buds Deadpan Snarker Toplessness from the Back I Did What I Had to Do The Ace Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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