![]() ![]() Peter Wollander, Marian's boyfriend, embodies traditional male gender norms and stereotypes. She seeks to display this defiance by getting pregnant and raising a child on her own however, her plan backfires, and in the end, she marries one of Duncan's roommates. She acts as a foil to Marian, the complete opposite of Marian's conservative behavior: Ainsley is loud, talks openly about sex, drinks liberally, and is focused on asserting her identity as a woman who doesn't conform to prescribed gender roles. Ainsley TewceĪinsley Tewce, Marian's roommate, is an outspoken young woman who works a job similar in status to Marian's. ![]() ![]() This conflict is depicted primarily through her slow loss of the ability to consume different food groups. Over the course of the novel, she experiences conflicting desires, on the one hand wanting to remain within her role as an average woman that conforms to the standard female role within society, and on the other hand feeling a desire to escape restrictive gender expectations. The protagonist of the novel, Marian is a young, college-educated woman working at a dead-end, white-collar job editing for Seymour Surveys, a company that conducts customer surveys for product testing. ![]()
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