History Main / RevengeAgainstMen

* ''Film/RapeSquad'': A group of women club together to track down and punish perverts and creeps [[spoiler:and then get picked off one by one when it turns into a SlasherMovie]].

* The main character in "Woman at Point Zero". She's been abused her whole life by her father, uncle, roommate, clients, and supervisors. At the end of the book,[[spoiler:she kills a pimp who demands a share of her profits and declares herself to be TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]].

Contrast NoWomansLand.

But the point is, she will not stop with just one abuser; she will deliver payback to men as a class. There may be AnAesop later on about taking things too far, or she may feel satisfied with her revenge after a while. Sometimes she'll eventually [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan find that one guy]] who can "change her mind" and redeem men. Or she may just chose to [[SuddenlySexuality become a lesbian]] or join a separatist community and never have to deal with them again.

* The highly controversial and widely banned ''Film/ISpitOnYourGrave''. A standard RapeAndRevenge story where a woman is victimized by men, prays for guidance and is apparently instructed to KillEmAll.

* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Fury." Aresia, a rogue Amazon, sets up a new version of the Injustice Gang with the goal of spreading disease to [[{{Gendercide}} wipe out all men]].

* The highly controversial and widely banned ''Film/ISpitOnYourGrave''. A standard RapeAndRevenge story where a woman is victimized by men, prays for guidance, and is apparently instructed to KillEmAll.

* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Fury." Aresia, a rogue Amazon, sets up a new version of the Injustice Gang with the goal of spreading a disease to [[{{Gendercide}} wipe out all men]].

%%* The highly controversial and widely banned ''Film/ISpitOnYourGrave''.

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%%* A common theme in the tabletop game MachoWomenWithGuns.
%%* Both played straight and subverted in TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse with the Black Fury tribe.

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%%* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Fury."
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%%* One of the girls in ''Criminal Girls'' has this as her backstory.
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The heroine may have been [[RapeAndRevenge raped]] or [[SexSlave prostituted]]. She may have been [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beaten to a pulp]] or had [[MamaBear her children]] taken away from her, or worse, killed. Her husband may be [[DomesticAbuse abusing her]]. She may be the unwitting [[TheMistress mistress]] of a married man, and finds out he has been lying to her all along. Maybe she has just watched her friends go through all of this for years and had enough. Any way, she has been seriously crossed by men or just one man and the abuse has been so extreme and so vicious that the heroine wants more than just vengeance against her abusers: she's ready for ''all'' men to pay for what has been done to her.

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%%* ''Film/{{Ms 45}}''

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The heroine may have been [[RapeAndRevenge raped]]. She may have been [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beaten to a pulp]]. She may have had her children [[MamaBear taken away from her, or worse, killed]]. Her husband may be [[DomesticAbuse abusing her]]. She may be the unwitting [[TheMistress mistress]] of a married man, and finds out he has been lying to her all along. Maybe she has just watched her friends go through all of this for years and had enough. Any way, she has been seriously crossed by men or just one man and the abuse has been so extreme and so vicious that the heroine wants more than just vengeance against her abusers: she's ready ''all'' men to pay for what has been done to her.

And how is she going to do that? She can undergo an AdrenalineMakeover, take some self-defense classes, and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge destroy her abusers physically]], maybe becoming a vigilante WifeBeaterBasher. She can set up a HumiliationConga for them. She can turn herself into a GoldDigger and fleece rich guys dry. She can also become a BlackWidow and kill them rather than live off them.

And how is she going to do that? She can undergo an AdrenalineMakeover, take some self-defense classes, and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge destroy her abusers physically]]. She can set up a HumiliationConga for them. She can turn herself into a GoldDigger and fleece rich guys dry. She can also become a BlackWidow and kill them rather than live off them.

* The main character in "Woman at Point Zero". She's been abused her whole life by her father, uncle, roommate, clients, and supervisors. At the end of the book,[[spoiler:she kills a pimp who demands a share of her profits and declares herself to be TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth}}]].

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A woman who is motivated to avenge herself against men or a man [[WomanScorned who did her wrong]]. A classical "female empowerment" plot that can come in many flavours.

The heroine may have been [[RapeAsDrama raped]]. She may have been [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beaten to a pulp]]. She may have had her children [[MamaBear taken away from her, or worse, killed]]. Her husband may be [[DomesticAbuse an abusive douche]]. She may be the unwitting [[TheMistress mistress]] of a married man, and finds out he has been lying to her all along. Either way, she has been seriously crossed by men or just one man and the abuse has been [[BreakTheCutie so extreme and so vicious]] that the heroine wants more than just vengeance against her abusers: she wants ALL MEN to pay for what was done to her.

And how is she going to do that? She can undergo an AdrenalineMakeover, taking some self-defense classes and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge destroy her abusers physically]]. She can set up a HumiliationConga for them. She can turn herself into a GoldDigger and fleece rich guys dry, double points if they're also [[MealTicket old]] or [[UglyGuyHotWife ugly]]. She can also become a BlackWidow and kill them rather than live off them.

Expect her to proclaim herself a "bitch" or an "independent woman" and declare than ''no man'' will ever possess her or hurt her again.

But the point is, she will not stop with just her abusers. As said above, she will treat ''all'' men that way. There may be AnAesop later on about taking things too far and the heroine ends up lonely and bitter. Or she may eventually find [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan that one guy]] that will treat her well, not abuse her and make her drop her bitchiness. Or she may just chose to become [[SuddenlySexuality a lesbian]] and never have to deal with men again. Or she may become some sort of a {{Dominatrix}}, embrace her newfound dominance and look for weak-willed men so she can control them.

Often found in [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Lifetime Movies]] or feminist-themed movies.

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanEarthOne'': In this version of reality the Amazons were viciously attacked by Hercules and his followers who planned to turn all of them into their {{sex slave}}s and had to fight off and kill their attackers before closing off their society to men and the outside world as a whole. Diana was Hercules' own daughter by rape and was carried to term by Hippolyta in a plan to raise her as a weapon against all men in revenge, though Hippolyta ended up loving her child and did not carry out this plan.

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* Attora in ''[[Literature/EarthsChildren The Plains of Passage]]'' didn't like her man, so she killed him and made all the women-folk give up their men too.

* The main character in "Woman at Point Zero". She's been abused her whole life by her father, uncle, roommate, clients, and supervisors. At the end of the book,[[spoiler:she kills a pimp who demands a share of her profits and declares herself to be {{Too Good For This Sinful Earth}}]].
* In ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'', [[LadyLand Azania]] is a whole ''country'' behaving like this collectively, by effectively setting up a fascist state where the male sex is the alien "Other".

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* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Fury." Notable in that the character seeking revenge ''wouldn't even be alive'' if not for the HeroicSacrifice of a man. [[UngratefulBastard And she still doesn't give a damn]].

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* The [=VespAvenger=] in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' is a Vespa-riding crusader who goes around [[WifeBasherBasher beating up men who have treated their girlfriends badly]]. Notable in that she lacks any sort of DoubleStandard. When the characters ask her if she would be disgusted by [[BadassBiker man who rides around on a Harley]] beating up women who have treated their boyfriends badly, she replies that it sounds pretty good to her. In fact, [[BattleCouple she'd want to date a guy like that]].
* Rebecca's reason for being a StrawFeminist in ''Webcomic/WhiteDarkLife'' is because [[spoiler:despite being the daughter of a race horse breeder, she never got to ride a pony as a child. [[SubvertedTrope But also because it's just fun to torture people.]]]]

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* Allecto, infamous blogger notable for her extremist (ie, Misandrist) views and hyper-critical 'review' of ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', has stated and/or hinted at in her blog the fact that she was abused as a child by her misogynistic relatives. She treats anything a man does as a sign of their active abuse or latent potential to be abusive, even something as minor as a boy asking his girlfriend for a hug. Her extremist views have even led her to labeling feminists who don't have the same level of hatred for men as [[NoTrueScotsman Feminist-Lite]].
* The infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCUM_Manifesto SCUM Manifesto]] by Valerie Solanas.

The heroine may have been [[RapeAsDrama raped]]. She may have been [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beaten to a pulp]]. She may have had her children [[MamaBear taken away from her, or worse, killed]]. Her husband may be [[DomesticAbuser an abusive douche]]. She may be the unwitting [[TheMistress mistress]] of a married man, and finds out he has been lying to her all along. Either way, she has been seriously crossed by men or just one man and the abuse has been [[BreakTheCutie so extreme and so vicious]] that the heroine wants more than just vengeance against her abusers: she wants ALL MEN to pay for what was done to her.

%%* ''JohnTuckerMustDie''

Often found in [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Lifetime Movies]] or feminist-themed movies, despite being [[StrawFeminist a pretty radical mischaracterization]] of what feminism is about.

* Red Sonja from Creator/RobertEHoward's story "The Shadow of the Vulture."

* Red Sonya from Ron E. Howard's story "The Shadow of the Vulture."

%%* ''{{Enough}}'', JenniferLopez's vehicle.

* Rebecca's reason for being a StrawFeminist is because [[spoiler:despite being the daughter of a race horse breeder, she never got to ride a pony as a child. [[SubvertedTrope But also because it's just fun to torture people.]]]]

* Attora in ''[[EarthsChildren The Plains of Passage]]'' didn't like her man, so she killed him and made all the women-folk give up their men too.

* The Vespa-riding crusader who periodically appears in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', as seen [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=720 here]].

* The ''JusticeLeague'' episode "Fury." Notable in that the character seeking revenge ''wouldn't even be alive'' if not for the HeroicSacrifice of a man. [[UngratefulBastard And she still doesn't give a damn]].

* Allecto, infamous blogger notable for her extremist (ie, Misandrist) views and hyper-critical 'review' of ''{{Firefly}}'', has stated and/or hinted at in her blog the fact that she was abused as a child by her misogynistic relatives. She treats anything a man does as a sign of their active abuse or latent potential to be abusive, even something as minor as a boy asking his girlfriend for a hug. Her extremist views have even led her to labeling feminists who don't have the same level of hatred for men as [[NoTrueScotsman Feminist-Lite]].

* Allecto, infamous blogger notable for her far right-feminist (ie, Misandrist) views and hyper-critical 'review' of ''{{Firefly}}'', has stated and/or hinted at in her blog the fact that she was abused as a child by her misogynistic relatives. She treats anything a man does as a sign of their active abuse or latent potential to be abusive, even something as minor as a boy asking his girlfriend for a hug. Her extremist views have even led her to labeling feminists who don't have the same level of hatred for men as [[NoTrueScotsman Feminist-Lite]].