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The damsel in distress is a narrative device in which one or more men must rescue a woman who has been kidnapped or placed in other peril. The "damsel" is often portrayed as beautiful, popular and of high social status ; they are usually depicted as princesses in works with fantasy or fairy tale settings.
Articles relating to tales of damsels in distress and their variations. It is a narrative device in which one or more men must rescue a woman who has been kidnapped or placed in other peril . Kinship , love , lust or a combination of those motivate the male protagonist to initiate the narrative.
High-voltage electro-shock weapons were first developed in the US in the 1990s. They include electro-shock batons, stun guns, stun shields, dart-firing stun guns, and stun belts. [1] From 1997 to 2000, US companies earned over $13 million exporting stun guns, electro-shock batons and optical sighting devices to Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― A 47-year-old woman told police a man she knows assaulted her with a stun gun and took her phone in the west-side Walmart store, where they agreed to meet, according to ...
Chicago bans the sale of stun guns within its limits and imposes an application requirement followed by a 120-day waiting period for attempting to purchase a stun gun from outside the city. Illinois law requires licensure prior to possessing a stun gun in addition to several other restrictions.
Book cover for The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline. Sweet Gwendoline is the main female character in the works of bondage artist John Willie, [1] first published as a serial, usually two pages at a time, in Robert Harrison's mainstream girlie magazine Wink from June 1947 to February 1950 and later in several other magazines over the years.
The loud-and-clear message, achieved by eliminating “distress” from the title (though it’s still an essential part of the formula): Passive damsels be damned! Here’s a woman who can fend ...
Creative artists have lavished great care on the psychology of the damsel in distress and she is the title character of Richardson's 'Clarissa', one of the first novels. Arguably the damsel-in-distress character is symbolic of women's oppression in life generally.....Colin4C 10:05, 18 July 2006 (UTC)