: Characters like Princess Aurora are portrayed as delicate and dependent, requiring a male savior to return them to the "waking world".
Recent cases of leaked "sleeping girlfriend" content on adult platforms have led to legal battles over revenge porn and non-consensual intimate media (NCIM). Spain, Mexico, and much of Latin America—where the phrase "de chicas dormidas" is most common online—have begun tightening laws around digital sexual violence. Yet the cultural lag persists: entertainment media still romanticizes what the law increasingly defines as a violation.