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No Name Woman vs. Barbie Doll: Battle of the Millennia
Let's face it. Society is chock full of subtle, and not-so-subtle, demands to conform to the "norm", and going with the flow is a big part of life. Ideas of conformity are beaten into us as soon as we're able to comprehend the world we live in. A large piece of the conformity pie deals with the role of the woman, and how she should look and act. A good pair ....
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.... was an unforgivable sin, and with it came a hefty price. In the story which Kingston's mother told her, Kingston's aunt violated the social norms of the culture and suffered grave consequences.
"Barbie Doll" shows the opposite end of the spectrum concerning choices made when confronted with an unfavored social norm. The poem was written in 1970s America, when the roles of women had begun to change drastically. Women's Lib and the sexual revolution all both co ....
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