All they can see are her supposed “faults.” The speaker makes sure to emphasize all of the beautiful qualities this woman possesses, but neither she nor her peers are able to see and appreciate them. They say that she has “a great big nose and fat legs.” These judgments stay with this young woman for the rest of her life. She enters puberty, and the insults of other children start to wear away at her. The girl is immediately being trained in her future subservient role. She has a “GE stove” and a baby doll, which requires diaper changes. The poem begins with the birth of a “girlchild” who is immediately given all the toys she will need to learn how to be a good mother and wife. ‘Barbie Doll’ by Marge Piercy tells of the exorbitant and absurd expectations placed on young girls.
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