Sexist with gore?

I think I have a problem. I think I’m sexist when it comes to gore.

Usually I’m very pro-male. I root for dudes playing Jeopardy and not the girls. I get riled up when I see dating advice columns condemning all men as heartless jerks. I hate phrases like “oh well, you’re a guy.” Usually I’m like that.

But when it comes to seeing people die horrible grisly deaths or suffering brutal mutilations in movies. I prefer to see men. I don’t know why. When a movie shows a woman getting torn limb from limb, blown to pieces, or massacred in any twisted sort of way it really messes me up. And the worst part is that it sticks with me weeks, sometimes months after.

Here’s some examples of scenes that have stayed with me over the years:

Cloverfield – The scene where the chick explodes. What the hell? I still can’t get that out of my head.

Sleepy Hollow – The end part where the evil witch gets tangled up and crushed in the roots of the tree. I know. She was evil. But it STILL messed me up!

Pitch Black – That tough lady gets swooped up by those little bug things and gets chewed up in seconds. I didn’t even find her that attractive. Still sticks with me.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 – When that Japanese / French chick gets her arm sliced off. Again she’s a bad guy, yet it doesn’t matter. It’s pretty basic, but it still affects me.

Invasion U.S.A. (Old Chuck Norris film) – Some coke head lady is snorting a line off a table and gets the thing shoved up her nose by accident. Then as she’s screaming in pain she’s thrown out the window of a high-rise building. See? It sticks with me.

With guys, I can see armies of them hacked to pieces, burned alive, or mowed down with bullets and I won’t even flinch most of the time. Sometimes it’s funny.

Anybody else this way? Anybody care to explain my gory sexism? Help me. I want to be equal in my head.

- e.Lucas