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[The ballerinas) were burdened with sash-weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. Which societal problem is best represented from this excerpt?

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The problem that is represented best is how people judge themselves (and others) based on other people’s looks.
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I am not 100% but it could be representing the amount of pressure put on women in today's society.

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