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::''... A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet Sue'' ::''He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh,'' ::''If you don't give me the deed to your ranch'' ::''I'll saw you all in half!'' ::''And then he grabbed her (and then)'' ::''He tied her up (and then)'' ::''He turned on the bandsaw (and then, and then...!) ...'' :::::::—''Along Came Jones'', by The Coasters The damsel in distress is a popular Stock Character , perhaps in large measure because her predicaments almost always contain hints of BDSM Fantasy . The helplessness of these damsels, who are almost always foolish and ineffectual to the point of naïvete, along with their need for male heroes to rescue them, have also made the Stereotype the target of Feminist criticism. Damsels in distress are not used nearly as often as they were previously, and current depictions of the stock character usually play the role as ''. ''Damsel in Distress'' is the title of a book by P. G. Wodehouse and a Motion Picture that starred Fred Astaire . NOTABLE DAMSELS IN DISTRESS Legends, fairy tales and fiction
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