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What is a damsel in distress?

What is a damsel in distress? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A young woman perceived as being in a dangerous situation.
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Oates stars as a bounty hunter who is persuaded to lead an unnamed and demanding damsel in distress across the desert on horseback.
Jessica says women who play the damsel in distress to attract men make her mad.
I felt as if he was my angel, and I was the damsel in distress.
The eight warriors must battle witches, monsters, evil spirits, and vats of bubbling poison if they are to rescue the damsel in distress.
Wray's career has been forever remembered for her screams in King Kong, a damsel in distress in the grasp of a giant gorilla atop the Empire State Builing.
His two friends had located him and had enlisted the services of a young girl to pose as a damsel in distress to lure Don Quixote into their hands.

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