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Patriarchy Portrayal of 'Lacking' Women

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- that openly imply women are in need of surgical alteration: eyes, breasts, thighs or protruding stomach. Clearly, the overall effect created by the recurrence of messages like this  is that womens bodies -- and, thereby, their entire mental, emotional and physical selves -- are not good enough until they have been enhanced by technological advancements. By  contrast, when men are put into a situation of having their bodies "improved," pampered or added to, the kinds of anxieties raised pertain almost solely to their sexual worthiness.  When one examines the cartoons and advertisements in question and analyzes where this gender difference anxiety originates, it is important to consider Kamy Cunninghams  article entitled Barbie Doll Culture and the American Waistland, which illustrates how society has lost the true essence of individuality. That each generation carries the burden of representing a  certain physical appearance is quite easy to trace over the past one hundred years; however, one might readily argue the fact that never has this pressure been so great as  it has been during the Barbie doll generation. Cunningham points out how the image of power and gender roles in contemporary popular culture reflects significant patriarchal control, with the  manipulation of the female gender a pertinent component of its objective. To say that women have had to fight for their existence within  a patriarchal environment would be a gross understatement and one that would be staunchly supported by Cunningham. Indeed, the road to female self-expression has been paved with patriarchal intolerance  and characteristic skepticism to the point where women of the Barbie doll culture have no individual physical identity. That women have been forced to prove their worthiness within the