Are you a Damsel?

The short answer to this question is:

A)  if you are a boy or a man or somebody with a y chromosome: NO.

B)  if you are a girl or a woman or somebody without a y chromosome: You could be.

According to my dictionary, you can call yourself a damsel if you are a young unmarried woman.  Please do not confuse "a damsel" with "a damsel in distress" (read my blog on a future undecided date for an explanation of damsel in distress).

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I had too much time today because it is a Restful Sunday after all.  Last week, we blogged about the use of the word "Husky".  I thought, maybe this Sunday, I can blog about the word "Hunk" but it could be too easy or difficult of a topic because you can almost use this word like "Husky" except the criteria changes as follows: replace the word "tall" with "big" and add the word "sexually" in front of "attractive".   If you are confused, please read my blog post on "Are you a Husky?".

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This afternoon, I was flipping through my high school year book and thought "I am no damsel in distress, I've survived High School".  I proceeded to ponder what a damsel is immediately after that thought and, once again, went to my most trusted dictionary which always provided me with a very satisfying definition for a long discussion with me, myself and I.

My dictionary only gave me one definition this time and didn't even provide me with a sample sentence to show me how to properly use this word in a sentence!

I have never called someone a damsel or heard my girlfriends calling themselves as a damsel so I guess it makes sense that there is only one definition for the word "damsel".

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I didn't have to resort to Google this time because I learnt last week that my dictionary provides me with a more well defined start to my research. To call yourself a damsel or to be called a damsel, you have to be (1) young, (2) unmarried, and (3) a woman.

(1) Young:  Everyone likes to think they are young and has not matured yet so this criteria is definitely up for discussion.

(2) Unmarried:  Not subjective at all, if you are unmarried, you are unmarried.  Unmarried means you are not married.

(3)  Woman:  Provided that you are not a boy or a man, like (1) Young above, can be a very subjective criteria.  It is difficult to know when and how a girl matures into a woman; some girls like to call themselves as young women while some matured women like to call themselves girls.

After thinking about these three criteria: "young", "unmarried" and "woman" separately, I decided I am not a damsel and, therefore, cannot be a damsel in distress.

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After a lot of confusing thoughts, I thought so what if I am a young widow (not a widower)? then can I be a damsel? and if a young widow can be a damsel then will a young widow automatically be a damsel in distress?

Similarly, what if I am a young divorced woman? then can I be a damsel? and if a young divorced woman can be a damsel,  is this type of damsel also a damsel in distress?

Lastly, is there an antonym for damsel? In other words, what do you call a young unmarried man? a bachelor?

My dictionary cannot give me the definition of damsel in distress in its entirety so I am done with this blog post.

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Damsel is a literary word.

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