damsel-in-distress

And it works well on the mainstream level: the damsel-in-distress trope sells really well with normal guys.

The media loves to write about a damsel-in-distress, especially it the story sexually titillates, e.g.

They appeal to the damsel-in-distress narrative that so many men so easily fall for.

It seems that the writers just didn't know what to do with her, other than consign her to stereotypical, damsel-in-distress and love-interest tropes.

Sarkeesian made how much last time by playing the damsel-in-distress?

But damsel-in-distress articles just sell very well (see mattress girl, also obviously a hoax), and few people have the stomach these days to confront the twitter/tumblerina/feminist hate-mob.

And the damsel-in-distress narrative reliably generates such page-views.

Thank you MrDom, I partially agree with you, some antiGGers that are in full force here at HN really don't want to hear the truth and gang up against those who challenge the damsel-in-distress that the likes of Sarkeesian (who's a front for Jonathan Mcintosh), Chelsea Van Valkenburg (who currently calls herself Zoe Quinn) and that odious John Walker Flynt guy (who calls himself Brianna Wu right now) dish out.

Although they have certainly overused it since, Nintendo's two main franchises (Mario and Zelda) are "Damsel-in-distress" based.

An example of objectification would be a "damsel-in-distress" character with no personality of her own, that exists only as a "reward" for the hero after his struggles.

I would argue that Zelda I is "explore this cool world"-based, with a bit of "damsel-in-distress" and "evil overlord" and "find the magical macguffin" bolted on.