attackfish

I have. I've also complained about it. A refrigerated woman is a woman killed to further the development or plot of a man. A woman killed as part of her own plot arc isn't refrigerated. Male characters are almost never killed to further the plots of female ones, only the other way around (unless it's a child. A boy can be killed off to motivate either parent). It means that her death isn't important in and of itself, only as a catalyst for the more important male character. How many male characters can you think of who have a dead wife (often plus children) in his backstory? Killed by the villain? How about the reverse? How many stories are about a man taking revenge for a dead or injured (or raped) wife/sister/daughter? Usually a woman getting revenge is for something that happened to her, not to people close to her.