How does Susan Faludi use imagery in Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women?

Imagery:

“The "feminine" woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish, her voice tinkly, her body stuck on a pin, rotating in a spiral that will never grow.”

Nothing seems to crush the masculine petals more than a bit of feminist rain - a few drops are perceived as a downpour.