Ladies, does the concept of a "damsel in distress" bother you?

A woman in a movie, game, or TV series who needs to be rescued.

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TexChik · F

That has been a theme in Hollywood since movies began. In just about every old western or cartoon I saw, there was a girl tied up in a basement or barn in need of rescue. Now with sex trafficking being promoted by so many ... it's getting real. Especially for kids.

JimFarris16 · 18-21, M

@TexChik Did it bother you in the movies?

TexChik · F

@JimFarris16 No, it was just part of the story and the good guys always rescued her

JimFarris16 · 18-21, M

@TexChik Seems they're doing a concept of badass women helping to rescue the damsels too.

TexChik · F

@JimFarris16 Yeah? so? I know some badass women. Oooooof! Those MMA girls are as hard as a rock.

JimFarris16 · 18-21, M

@TexChik Some find damsels to be sexist.

TexChik · F

@JimFarris16 What feminazis believe is not mainstream. Throughout history, when a man wanted a woman and could defeat all who opposed his taking her...he took her. If that meant beating her and keeping her bound while he slept, that's what happened.
Then, in the frontier days, money became the deciding factor instead of brawn. A man would pay a young woman's parents for her hand in marriage, and they would give her to him. He was usually much older and started breeding her for male children as early as possible, and then they farmed for their existence. Shows depicting how it was historically are not sexist at all.