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The reason the virgin lives - at least in Halloween - isn't due to any moral purity or any remotely puritanical viewpoint (I know Dr. Carpenter and he's anything but puritanical) it is because she isn't distracted by sex/drugs/alcohol.
The one who pays the most attention to the killer's M.O. (always a woman in these films) is the one who survives. It is all about observation, awareness and keeping a level head.
More men die than women in slashers, but the women's deaths are lingered upon. This is primarily because we expect a male to die in combat, it is the history of the world, but to see a woman die horribly causes an instant emotional response - the catharsis that horror movies strive for.
Yes there is a very serious level of fetishism that goes along with watching beautiful women die horribly - and yes it is a form of objectification, but it is far from misogyny.
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"Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies."
Earl of Chesterfield
"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
Francis Bacon
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