Yeah. That's my main beef with Angel. They also set up Angel (the character) to be the Big Hero Who Protects the Women. And Fred...gah! She always complains that she's not a "damsel in distress" but yes. Yes she completely is. All the time.

And her death...I stopped watching for a while after that. It was just another instance of a woman's body being made into something alien and vessel-like for a demon. It was bad enough when they did it to Cordy.

I have severe feminist issues with AtS.