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* ''Film/HollowMan'': Sebastian Caine, the movie's titular character, became '''severely''' lunatic after he was injected with an invisibility serum, which awakens his wicked intentions, where ''more than half'' of his human victims are female (including Linda McKay).

* ''Film/HollowMan'': Sebastian Caine, the movie's titular character, became '''severely''' lunatic after he was injected with an invisibility serum, which awakens his wicked intentions, where ''more than half'' of his human victims are female (including Linda).

The possible [[DistaffCounterpart feminine equivalent]] of this trope would either be MoreDeadlyThanTheMale or (more befittingly) LadyMacbeth.

The possible [[DistaffCounterpart feminine equivalent]] of this trope is MoreDeadlyThanTheMale.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The ComicBook/{{New52}} ''ComicBook/{{Batman|2011}}'' very jarringly changed Jonathan Crane's FreudianExcuse from being abused by his fanatically religious great-grandmother to being experimented on by his MadScientist father (the father had been previously shown as an ex-military type who abandoned him, with no indication he was a scientist).

* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'', where one of Bart's classmates is terrified of disappointing his father and is showing signs of being abused. Bart naturally suspects the father, but it turns out to be the boy's ''mother'', who is mentally imbalanced and is keeping her actions a secret from her husband. As soon as the father discovers this, ''he'' intervenes to protect his son; Bart is not needed.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'' himself, Wally West, also plays with this. While his father is physically abusive and generally a HateSink, his mother is nearly as bad, as she manipulates Wally for her own financial gain and went out of her way to crush his dreams as a child.
* The New 52 very jarringly changed Jonathan Crane's FreudianExcuse from being abused by his fanatically religious great-grandmother to being experimented on by his MadScientist father (the father had been previously shown as an ex-military type who abandoned him, with no indication he was a scientist).

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* Though ''Film/SheStoleMyVoice'', a documentary about lesbian rape, averts this trope overall, the interviews uphold it. Many people state that women cannot rape or that they would much rather see their girlfriends raped by women than by men since men are more of a real threat. [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig Zagged]] though: the lack of acknowledgement of female-male rapes implies only women can be victims of rape. Although the rapist can be a woman as well as a male.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' introduces Dick Hardly, who is Professor Utonium's old collegemate. Once Dick himself saw the titular trio and their powers, he has the plan to make a business out of it, aptly named "Powerpuff Girls Xtreme," and it was successful for a while. Keep in mind that his overall business involves duplications of the real Powerpuff Girls themselves, and that he '''doesn't''' give ''any'' of them with much care like a parent would've, which is evidenced when he has little-to-no worries about their destructions (since he only treats every single one of them as cash cows).
** The application of this trope on him gets intensified when he tries to extract the Chemical X formula from ''the real'' Powerpuff Girls themselves, just to further increase the success of his business[[labelnote:*]](something that can be seen on the above image)[[/labelnote]].

[[quoteright:876:[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allabusersaremale_example_ppg_dick_8.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:876:Well, he[[labelnote:*]]The [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] [[GreenAndMean green]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters monster]] here.[[/labelnote]] ''isn't'' called '''[[ADickInName Dick]]''' Hardly for nothing.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Alejandro Burromuerto serves as the main villain of ''World Tour''. Being a charismatic, yet deceptive contestant himself, some of his eliminated victims include '''a collective half''' of that season's official female contestants (when counting the recently added Blaineley).

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Alejandro Burromuerto serves as the main villain of ''World Tour''. Being a charismatic, yet deceptive contestant himself, some of his eliminated victims include '''a collective half''' of that season's official female contestants (including the recently added Blaineley).

[[quoteright:876:[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allabusersaremale_example_ppg_dick_8.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:876:Well, he[[labelnote:*]]The [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] [[GreenAndMean green]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters monster]] here. ''isn't'' called '''[[ADickInName Dick]]''' Hardly[[/labelnote]] for nothing.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Alejandro Burromuerto serves as the main villain of ''World Tour''. Being a charismatic, yet deceptive contestant himself, some of his eliminated victims include '''a collective half''' of that season's official female contestants (including the recently added Blaineley).

[[quoteright:876:[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allabusersaremale_example_ppg_dick_8.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:876:Well, he ''isn't'' called '''[[ADickInName Dick]]''' Hardly[[labelnote:*]]The [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] [[GreenAndMean green]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters monster]] here.[[/labelnote]] for nothing.]]

[[quoteright:876:[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allabusersaremale_example_ppg_dick_8.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:876:Well, he ''isn't'' called '''[[ADickInName Dick]]''' Hardly[[labelnote:*]]The [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] [[GreenAndMean green]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters monster]] here.[[/labelnote]] for nothing.]]

[[quoteright:876:[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allabusersaremale_example_ppg_dick_8.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:876:Well, he ''isn't'' called '''[[ADickInName Dick]]''' Hardly[[labelnote:*]]The literal [[GreenAndMean green]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters monster]] here.[[/labelnote]] for nothing.]]

The possible feminine equivalent of this trope is MoreDeadlyThanTheMale.

** The application of this trope on him gets further increased when he tries to extract the Chemical X formula from ''the real'' Powerpuff Girls themselves just to further increase the success of his business (something that can be seen on the above image).

[[quoteright:876:[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allabusersaremale_example_ppg_dick_8.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:876:Well, he ''isn't'' called '''[[ADickInName Dick]]''' Hardly[[labelnote:*]]The literal [[GreenAndMean green]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters monster]].[[/labelnote]] for nothing.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 introduces Dick Hardly, who is Professor Utonium's old collegemate. Once Dick himself saw the titular trio and their powers, he has the plan to make a business out of it, aptly named "Powerpuff Girls Xtreme," and it was successful for a while. Keep in mind that his overall business involves duplications of the real Powerpuff Girls themselves, and that he treats '''none''' of them with much care like a parent could've, which is evidenced when he has no worries about their destructions (since he only treats them as cash cows).
** The application of this trope on him gets further increased when he tries to extract the Chemical X formula from [[WouldHurtAChild the real Powerpuff Girls]] themselves just to further increase the success of his business.

[[quoteright:876:[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allabusersaremale_example_ppg_dick_8.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:876:Well, he ''isn't'' called '''[[ADickInName Dick]]''' Hardly for nothing.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', [[spoiler:Barkis Bittern is a haughty aristrocrat who only marries ladies out of greed, to which he may even leave them to die with no care or concern whatsoever, such as what happened to the movie's titular character Emily]].

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', with Ms. Birch, who believes all men are evil and is a militant "feminazi" yet is emotionally abusive and manipulative towards Mr. O'Neill.

If you learn about DomesticAbuse, rape, or other forms of interpersonal violence from dramatic works, [[PublicServiceAnnouncement public service announcements]] or {{Very Special Episode}}s, you may come away believing All Abusers Are Male. Most works that address the seriousness of abuse frame it as something committed ''only'' by male perpetrators, usually against female victims. This isn't just when an individual work depicts a male abuser or rapist; this is an [[TropesInAggregate aggregate trope]] that exists through many works depicting male abusers and not female ones, creating the impression that abuse never has female perpetrators. Ongoing series may have multiple episodes depicting abusive men and none with an abusive woman. Some works have male victims, but still have male abusers without female-on-male abuse. Belief in this trope is implied when characters that are anti-rape and anti-violence treat it as male-only problems.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', Barkis Bittern is a haughty aristrocrat who only marries ladies out of greed, to which he may even leave them to die with no care or concern whatsoever, [[spoiler:such as what happened to the movie's titular character Emily]].