Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” reveals a hazardous trend that rages in our society. It shows society their values and reveals the widespread destruction of self-worth that comes from comparing the normal to the unreal. “Barbie Doll” teaches the reader of the dangers that exist in forcing people, especially women, into restrictive roles and ideals. Piercy used diction to draw the reader's attention to how the main character is gendered even as a youngling. She called the central character a “girlchild”(line 1), to portray that the child's gender is to become her identity. Her use of “girlchild” also presents an element of analogy, to have all women relate to the unnamed girl’s experiences and feelings. As an infant child, she is already