Damsel in distress
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.
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