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It's a very [[gendered plot devices|gendered plot device]]. | It's a very [[gendered plot devices|gendered plot device]]. | ||
The damsel in distress becomes a [[white supremacist]]/[[racist]] plot device and pretext in [[white woman syndrome]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:04, 6 January 2011
A damsel. In distress.
The purpose of whom is to be rescued by the hero. (If she isn't, she'll probably end up in a refrigerator...)
It's a very gendered plot device.
The damsel in distress becomes a white supremacist/racist plot device and pretext in white woman syndrome.
Further reading
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