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Women are represented in horror as they are in society. there is the maternal warrior archetpye, the damsel, the sex object, the bi itch they want you to hate, and the big breasted runner who must eventually fall because everyone wants to see her breasts. The issue is how graphically a womans distress may be depicted in horror. And with regard to that it's horror so anything can happen to her there unlike many other genre's which is why horror most imitates life in that respect.

Theres different types of women who are portrayed in Horror films Sometimes the woman can be the main character or 'soul survivor' and through these types of characters, women are represented in a positive view as the strong brave people. Then there is also women represented in a more negative way as the 'whores'. Its a true convention of horror film, especially identified in teen horror slashers then the girl having sex or engaging in parties ect. will always be killed.