The Self of women, of Marian Mc Alpin’s time – the 1960’s, is reduced to purchasable goods. The beauty of women is celebrated in terms of the riches that are comparable to her: her eyes are blue sapphires; her brow is ivory; and her lips are ruby. She is not only available for sale, but also for consumption: her skin is white as milk; her lips are sweet as honey. This consumer emphasis in the …showed first 75 words of 2049 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2049 total…should have decided to fight against the prejudice that married women could not work. In the mid 1960’s, women comprised only 25% of all workers, by the early 1990’s, the figure was 45%. These vast improvements are due to women refusing to accept that they were not equal to men. Marian let herself be made into a victim. It was not Peter’s fault that she rejected her role as a consumer, the fault was her own.