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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.25,0:00:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A trope is a common pattern in a story or a recognizable attribute in a character that conveys information to the audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.04,0:00:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A trope becomes a cliche when it’s overused.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.41,0:00:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, some of these tropes often perpetuate offensive stereotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.36,0:00:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does this remind you of a woman? How about this one? Or that one?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.74,0:00:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ya me neither.... but somehow these insects have become the inspiration for a whole trope of sexy female characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.82,0:00:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Evil Demon Seductress is a supernatural creature usually a demon, robot, alien, vampire most often disguised as a sexy human female.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.81,0:01:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She uses her sexuality and sexual wiles to manipulate, seduce, and kill and often eat poor, hapless men by luring them into her evil web.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.34,0:01:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One example of this trope shows up in the form of a Deceptacon in Transformers 2, where Isabel Lucas
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.60,0:01:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plays an alien robot disguised as a sexy college co-ed sent to kill poor Sam.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.77,0:01:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\N"I can explain everythin--"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.34,0:01:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then who can forget back in 1995 when Natasha Henstridge starred in the horror film Species playing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.12,0:01:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sexy half human/half alien hybrid created by the U.S. government.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.24,0:01:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the alien hybrid escapes into the real world she see that human women have babies and therefore she wants one too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.74,0:01:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listen, I want a baby"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.30,0:01:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"WHAT!? Excuse me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.15,0:01:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she uses her sexual wiles to lure men in and uses her alien strength to kill them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.65,0:01:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the Batman universe Poison Ivy is another example of the Evil Demon Seductress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.61,0:01:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That feels so much better."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.73,0:02:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And now we'll grow together"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.67,0:02:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this trope even makes a couple of appearances in Buffy the Vampire Slayer first when Xander is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.96,0:02:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seduced by his sexy teacher who is really happens to be a giant preying mantis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.00,0:02:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think it's eenie, meenie, miney..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.34,0:02:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then again in the last season when performer Ashanti seduces Xander.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.47,0:02:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It can't just keep happening that demon women find me attractive, there's gotta be a reason"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.59,0:02:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You just seem like a nice guy, that's all, and I wanted to get to know you."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.27,0:02:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And kill me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.08,0:02:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sure"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.96,0:02:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might also be worth mentioning at this point that one of the roots of this trope is based on a
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.70,0:02:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misconception that dates back to 1886 with a scientist name Leland Ossian Howard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.66,0:02:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Howard made the claim that the female praying mantis cannibalizes the heads of her sexual partners after mating,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.34,0:02:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well... turns out, this isn't exactly true.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.09,0:03:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New scientific research found that the vast majority of female Praying Mantis species do not in fact kill their mates.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.76,0:03:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So back to this trope,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.50,0:03:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the amount of times that this character appears in speculative fiction is kind of astounding, the list goes on and on and on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.06,0:03:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Star Trek's First Contact we have the Borg Queen trying to seduce Data.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.25,0:03:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keanu Reeves is taken advantage of by the Brides of Dracula.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.100,0:03:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then some years later in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles meets these three sisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.48,0:03:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the science fiction show Farscape there's the villain Grayza with her enchanting body sweat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.66,0:03:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are the evil mermaids in Pirates of the Caribbean 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.04,0:03:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Mystique in X-Men often fulfills this trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.80,0:03:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the opening scene of Battlestar Galactica we meet a human looking cylon woman who seduces and kills a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.34,0:04:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men in Black 2 stars a shapeshifting alien who disguises herself as a Victoria Secret model
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.40,0:04:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Megan Fox as a man eating demon in Jennifer's Body.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.86,0:04:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, we get the idea, it's everywhere and you'll notice that there's variations of this trope between mermaids, and sirens and vampires
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.83,0:04:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their expressions of supernatural evil seductress varies but the basic characteristics remain the same, they're using their sexuality as a weapon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.20,0:04:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This trope is closely connected to its counterparts The Vamp, The Black Widow, The Femme Fatale
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.50,0:04:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are human women using their sexuality to manipulate men.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.81,0:04:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I'm only focusing on supernatural creatures but you can see how insidious this trope has become in popular culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.18,0:04:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's dig a little deeper into what this means, we have a whole collection of supernatural creatures using
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.02,0:04:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their sexuality to manipulate and control men in order to fulfill some nefarious plan of doom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.16,0:04:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice that these supernatural creatures are not necessarily enjoying or exploring their sexuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.66,0:04:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not even really being genuinely sexual, they are just using it to manipulate and trick men.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.17,0:05:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we see over and over again female characters written as The Evil Demon Seductress
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.67,0:05:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are portraying women as manipulative, conniving and controlling,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.42,0:05:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these demon women always have ulterior motives, and that there sexuality is dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.55,0:05:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'll probably bite your head off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.10,0:05:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The harmful misogynist myth that this tropes reinforces is that women primarily use their
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.98,0:05:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so-called sexual power as a way to manipulate, trick and control men.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.69,0:05:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fallacy is widespread and pervasive and some men even claim that women hold more power in society based on this absurd myth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.33,0:05:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you Hollywood for encouraging and promoting sexist thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.12,0:05:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do Hollywood, male viewers and even female viewers to a lesser extent get out of the Evil Demon Seductress trope?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.91,0:05:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Hollywood is in the business of selling the status quo they use these characters to appeal to a male demographic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.79,0:05:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When an Evil Demon Seductress is on screen men get to objectify her while having these sexist
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.05,0:05:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preconceived notions reconfirmed that women are in fact manipulative and deceitful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.84,0:06:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is a danger of real world women internalizing this sexist myth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.07,0:06:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of believing that our sexuality is something to be explored and celebrated we are repeatedly told that it is our only form of social power.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.85,0:06:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hollywood writers, I don't have a problem with you occasionally making some of your villains female,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.61,0:06:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you've gotta stop writing women who's primary weapon is her sexuality.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.42,0:06:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll leave you with a clip of Alicia Silverstone in one of the worst movies ever made,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.82,0:06:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying something kinda cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.79,0:06:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Using feminine wiles to get what you want, trading on your looks? Read a book sister,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.12,0:06:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that passive aggressive number went out long ago, chicks like you give women a bad name."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.68,0:06:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ooooh here she comes, watch out boy she'll chew you up, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.10,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oooh here she comes she's a maneater.