... many women encounter are "Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy, "No Name Woman" by Maxine Hong Kingston and "The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window" by Joy Harjo. The reader notes that a major theme of the three works is the long-term effect of outside pressure on the subjects from birth. In these works, each character represents a woman trying to come ... bustle "to and fro apologizing," apologizing for failing to mirror the image of a Barbie-like woman that the world seems to want. Though she attempts to defy these expectations by cutting off her "great big nose" and "fat legs," i...

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