The state, condition, or quality of being a doll; the status or relationship comparable to that of a doll.
From 'doll' plus the suffix '-ship' (meaning state, condition, or relationship, as in 'friendship' or 'kinship'). This term is rare and literary, emerging in 19th-century philosophical discussions about objectification.
When philosophers and critics used the term 'dollship' to describe how society treated women as decorative objects without agency, they were highlighting how language itself can reveal hidden power dynamics!
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