Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” speaks about the sexulasation of women from the time they are born until the day they pass over. The poem starts out with an introduction, we are introduced to a young girl who is brought up to play with dolls and other “girly” toys. The girl is then introduced to lipstick after that the girl is introduced lipstick she is introduced to what is considered to be “beautiful”. Once the girl goes through puberty her self image is something she reflects on however, her image is one that very few people find to be your standard ideal of beauty. Throughout the poem I thought about what real beauty is and why do well only measure ourselves in a unrealistic form of beauty that very few of us can ever fit into?
Another interesting discussion we can have is the use of the Barbie doll in the poem. Why is Barbie considered to be the ideal forum of beauty? Considering Barbie’s unrealistic figure and physical attributes why do we give her as presents to our daughters, sisters and friends when the doll is so unlike the real modern day women or young girl for that matter?
2 comments:
Richardson,
I liked this part"Throughout the poem I thought about what real beauty is and why do well only measure ourselves in a unrealistic form of beauty that very few of us can ever fit into?" -Amen so true?
but it is more than what we give. it is action derived from mentality. humans are constantly upgrading. the model of perfection creates a sense of security within the individual. this mindset has been apart of civilized society for centuries. the model of women even from biblical time has been that of subservience. driving this notion from the natural world where the male figure is a model of protection, and the catalyist for reproduction.
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