Young Women Exposed In Marge Piercy's Barbie Doll

In the poem, "Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy is about how a young woman’s closest companion the ‘Barbie’ could likewise be the motivation behind why some young women have low self-regards. When a young woman plays with Barbie, she envisions all that she can become. During the adolescent years, some girls start to feel as if they‘re not good enough to be included in society. Women face constant pressure from media, peers and family to live up to their superficial expectation of resembling the perfect ‘Barbie Doll’. In my opinion, dolls should be age suitable and distinctive as related to a girl’s personality and body type.

Moreover, when young women develop and hit pubescence, they begin to feel as though they are sufficiently bad. For example, the poem "Barbie Doll" states, “then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said, you have a great big nose and fat legs,” is referring to when a girl reaches puberty, goes to school and classmates judge her by how she looks (5 and 6). Pubescence is the start of a decrease, the start of tormenting and misery. Her schoolmates are acting as per the sorts of "defects" they hear hopeless grown-ups

“She went apologizing; everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs” (10 and 11). The young woman was apologizing because she felt she was at fault for having a fat nose and huge legs. Thinking in this manner, she grows to be completely heinous in a society that isolate quality women for what they resemble, as expressed in the poem, “Her good nature wore out like a fan belt, so, she cut her nose and legs and offered them up” (15-18). The girl listened to what her classmates said, “You have a great big nose and fat legs.” She felt as if she was not good enough, so she gave up her legs and nose, committing suicide. It should never be taken to such a serious level in any