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Our site isn't all about traditional media, either. As we pass into our [[Video Games]] section, you can catch a glimpse of our [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]] tied to a post. (No, you don't have slay that dragon to rescue her, she's just an actress.) Often a princess in need of saving through some magical quest, she's almost always attractive, but is completely unable of saving herself.

But this leads us to an important point: the social message of tropes isn't always a good one. In modern society, we want women to be the equals of men, and not to be helpless. Yet extreme examples of [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]]s still persist, often relics of a bygone era. This leads to what we call [[Values Dissonance]]: where morals and mores from different times and cultures clash and make you, the viewer, cringe a little bit inside.