"Barbie Doll"

A narrative poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, explains in details feminine stereotype influences on how women are portray in modern society. In addition, there are indications that social comparison affects a child's self-evaluation more strongly with increasing age. "Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs" (pg. 991). The way we treat each other has as much to do with cultural norms, expectations, and media constructions of reality. Similarly, young man in our society today experiences parental influences, educational, social norms and peer pressure as it does to with the feminine counterpart. Therefore, if I have to rewrite this poem the title will be “Ken Doll”. This fits well in describing a tall, muscular, handsome and smart wealthy-looking man in his twenties.