Word: trappings
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Marriage in Piercy's world is a negative institution which allows the men to exploit and trap the women. Portrayed as perfect housewives, whose only thought in life was to make their respective husbands happy and content, the women are of course blameless for the subsequent break-up of their marriages...
...ominous threat of insolvency hardly appears to be a uniquely feminine one, nor does it define the common female experience. Piercy's error was in trying to generalize, for in doing so, she falls into the trap of stereotyping. Human relationships are much more complex than Piercy is willing to admit, and her black and white view of the world leaves us longing for women of substance and complexity...
...squirrels were killing the tree, so [building managers] attempted to trap the squirrel that was killing it," he said...
...battle between tree-huggers and animal-lovers, an anonymous squirrel that was held hostage in a live trap near Paine Hall was released yesterday from its cage...
...unnamed caller from the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library yesterday alerted the department of the trap's existence, Alpert said. The cage was then immediately removed and replaced with an alternative barrier...