Women Need Men to Save Them

3 Tropes 3 Movies
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Conservative Trope Examples

  • Knight and Day (2010) | Women Depicted as a "Damsel in Distress"
    The entire movie is just scene after scene of Cameron Diaz being a damsel in distress who Tom Cruise saves from nefarious gun dealers and government forces.
  • Disturbia (2007) | Men Holding Woman's Hand Leading Her to Safety
    When Kale (Shia LaBeouf) and his neighbor Ashley are in danger, he leads her by her hand to guide her to safety by jumping in a pool.
  • Varsity Blues (1999)
    Head cheerleader Darcy Sears (Ali Larter) tries to seduce lead actor star quarterback Mox (James Van Der Beek) by posing in a whipped cream "bikini" to try to use him as a way to escape their small town.
    Other Tropes: Women Objectified in Overly Gratuitous Scenes