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If you hate the treatment Andromeda receives purely because she was one of the earliest examples of "damsel in distress" then you better not search "Andromeda Complex". It's similar with the Cinderella Complex, and in both cases the one who came up with the term misunderstood and/or simplified the eponym character.

God this is… so bad, but it goes to show that whenever ppl make a *insert Greek myth character* complex, 100% of the type they have zero understanding of said character, just look at the Oedipus complex.

This also just REEKS of individualism, literally no woman ever “consciously or unconsciously waiting for a male savior” wanting ppl to help you is not a fucking complex it’s normal human behavior. Also… Andromeda waited patiently for a savior MY ASS, she wouldn’t be chained up if she wasn’t struggling to escape, not to mention that in Euripides Andromeda (which I’ve said before, should be REQUIRED reading) she cries and bemoans her fate.

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Canny believe I watch an old episode of police squad and get a succinct summary of what's going on in modern feminism currently. Not only that but a brief Google shows me that there's writing by Collette Dowling from 1981.

The bit in the police squad episode goes as follows:

"Women's fear of success has left many of them confused about their wants and needs. Consequently, stress related burnout has driven women from feminist aggression to female passivity, dependant upon their partners for vicarious fulfilment.

[tell them to] get in touch with their unconscious feelings and to share in the growth process with their partner."

Here's the video:

I can't believe that there was a term for "I'm just a girl" all along and no one's been mentioning it (to my knowledge) and then I learn about it from fucking police squad.