Introduction Paragraph on Marge Piercy

In Marge Piercy's poem "Barbie Doll" the image of this blonde-hair , blue-eyed female doll has afflicted girls and women for years with a sense of inadequacy, as few can measure up to her standards of beauty. A solution to this problem is to present realistic dolls with realistic physical attributes, so girls will not be so self-critical and fall into self-destructive behaviors like eating disorders. Some would argue that Barbie Dolls are benign toys for young girls, but these dolls really have an insidious hold on the sensibilities of women from generation to generation.