The damsel in distress is usually a beautiful young woman placed in a dire predicament by a villain or monster and who requires a hero to achieve her rescue. After rescuing her, the hero often obtains her hand in marriage.
According to Wikipedia, this can be traced back to the knight-errant of Medieval songs and tales, who regarded protection of women as an essential part of their chivalric code which includes a notion of honour and nobility.[1]
In the wake of my feminist interests,Not that there will be any villains to slain but there will be many heroes to beget.I find my need to evoke the damsel in me,many times.I love being a damsel in distress,it reminds me of the softer character that makes a woman an interesting part charm. Owing to the fact that vulnerability makes the protector and defender instincts manifest in a man.
The Ugandan story of the damsel in distress could be Nsangi and the ape. Remember Nsangi?,the one who was eaten by the ape and then a hero guy comes and cuts the belly of the ape and rescues Nsangi. In the tale,he doesn't get the bad ape immediately, it is after asking all the lined up apes,"Gwalidde Nsangi?" translated, Is it you who ate Nsangi? I guess not the kind of rescue in my mind as a damsel but a rescue anyway.
Society today detests damsels in distress! They reckon that if it is possible, be just a damsel. We live in the wake of raising strong independent women(which is not bad until motive evolves) We now have radical feminists,others single able mothers who want nothing to do with the baby daddies.(for both plausible and unreasonable issues) We have made men out of women and made sure they reach the top in the air of "I can do what men can" And for sure we can, but without losing the soft side of us that makes us different from men.
Far from all cause to dish the super woman, I believe that the damsel in distress is not to evoke any change in the things we have accomplished as women, on the contrary it is to better them and keep a spark of mystery that makes women ignite the best in men. To raise the protector instincts in men is to give to ourselves as to them and that makes our softness and gentleness echo their ability to defend us in all ways.
I'd love to call it,the winning card(not manipulative) For in motive we find purpose,the purpose in being a damsel would be in need to lift men up,to give them the "ish" that makes the mystery of a woman very scandalous so we can win in society and within us.
So maybe the damsel in distress is what makes the difference in our tale of heroes. Some win as strong women while others conquer as strong yet soft beautiful damsels.
I want to be a damsel in distress once in a while.
According to Wikipedia, this can be traced back to the knight-errant of Medieval songs and tales, who regarded protection of women as an essential part of their chivalric code which includes a notion of honour and nobility.[1]
In the wake of my feminist interests,Not that there will be any villains to slain but there will be many heroes to beget.I find my need to evoke the damsel in me,many times.I love being a damsel in distress,it reminds me of the softer character that makes a woman an interesting part charm. Owing to the fact that vulnerability makes the protector and defender instincts manifest in a man.
The Ugandan story of the damsel in distress could be Nsangi and the ape. Remember Nsangi?,the one who was eaten by the ape and then a hero guy comes and cuts the belly of the ape and rescues Nsangi. In the tale,he doesn't get the bad ape immediately, it is after asking all the lined up apes,"Gwalidde Nsangi?" translated, Is it you who ate Nsangi? I guess not the kind of rescue in my mind as a damsel but a rescue anyway.
Society today detests damsels in distress! They reckon that if it is possible, be just a damsel. We live in the wake of raising strong independent women(which is not bad until motive evolves) We now have radical feminists,others single able mothers who want nothing to do with the baby daddies.(for both plausible and unreasonable issues) We have made men out of women and made sure they reach the top in the air of "I can do what men can" And for sure we can, but without losing the soft side of us that makes us different from men.
Far from all cause to dish the super woman, I believe that the damsel in distress is not to evoke any change in the things we have accomplished as women, on the contrary it is to better them and keep a spark of mystery that makes women ignite the best in men. To raise the protector instincts in men is to give to ourselves as to them and that makes our softness and gentleness echo their ability to defend us in all ways.
I'd love to call it,the winning card(not manipulative) For in motive we find purpose,the purpose in being a damsel would be in need to lift men up,to give them the "ish" that makes the mystery of a woman very scandalous so we can win in society and within us.
So maybe the damsel in distress is what makes the difference in our tale of heroes. Some win as strong women while others conquer as strong yet soft beautiful damsels.
I want to be a damsel in distress once in a while.
