How is Barbie a bad role model for kids?


Question:
Do you think Barbie really influences a child's body image?? I don't agree with people who think Barbie's promote unhealthy body images. She's just a doll!!

Answers:
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*Skinny, it is IMPOSSIBLE to ever look like Barie
*she peddles a male ideal of women.
*She is always ultra "female" pink etc.
*You very rrely get a Barbie that encourages little girls to aspire to something.
*She looks after children, making it seem that women should be maternal.
*she always has a boyfriend, this doesn't premote inderpendance for little girls.

I could go on but I'm sure you understand where i am going with this.

Other Answers:
WHAT DO YOU THINK?? WHY DO YOU SEE ALL THESE GIRLS GOING UNDER THE KNIFE. NIPPING AND TUCKING ALL THE TIME. BARBIE IS JUST THAT A DOLL.

-THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH PLASTIC SURGERY FOR WOMEN WHO ARE MATURE TO HANDLE IT, FOR YOUNG GIRLS IT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN MY OPINION.

Its just a doll with a figure that is impossible for anyone to have. Just look at those who spend extreme amounts of money having plastic surgery to look like a barbie doll. It may be a doll but it has been known to lead some young girls to self body issues that can and have put them at risk for eating disorders because they want that stick figure body.

yeah shes just a doll, but how many fat barbies would they sell? its the 'must be slim image' i have a problem with. Girls of all ages need to be told and shown that's its ok not to be stick thin.

maybe its time they had a barbie that was a little fatter and had a good job, own house etc just to show that not every one is . well thin.

barbie makes girls think that it is actully normal to look the way she does. this reinforces the need in our culture for people, women especially to be super-thin. why do you think so many girls are so worried about their wieght?



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