Tropes vs. Women in Video Games S1E1 - Damsel in Distress (Part 1)
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games S1E1 - Damsel in Distress (Part 1)
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This video explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered cliché in the history of gaming and why the trope has been core to the popularization and development of the medium itself. As a trope the Damsel in Distress is a plot device in which a female character is placed in a perilous situation from which she cannot escape on her own and must then be rescued by a male character, usually providing a core incentive or motivation for the protagonist’s quest.
Released Mar 07, 2013
Runtime min
Genre Documentary, Talk
Actor Anita Sarkeesian
Director Anita Sarkeesian
Production Feminist Frequency