... of beauty, they pass rude remarks and then she is forced to put up a front and behave in a typical feminine manner. The people around us do not try to look at a girl's qualities. It's only the looks that matter to them. That is why the poem is named "Barbie Doll". It's because girls' appearance is expected to be like a Barbie - tall, thin and attractive. The society does not understand the fact that we all are beautiful in different ways. This girlchild was born as usual and presented dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy. Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs. The first stanza explains that a baby girl is gifted things like toy stoves, irons and dolls and persuaded to 'act' like a woman since early childhood. These ...

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