How Does Barbie Affect Society
Barbie
The Effect of Barbie’s in Society Research
Vivian Ramos
Waubonsee Community College
Abstract
This paper gives a brief overview of the effect of Barbie’s in today’s world. Ranging from a variety of positive and negative views that influence the women's physical looks today. A plastic toy that has been very popular for the past fifty years has slowly found its deeper meaning. I will first give you a brief overview of how this research is mapped out. Starting with the background information about Barbie then rolling into the positive and negative effects, later wrapping it up and leaving it up to the audience to decide what kind of influence this doll has made to the world.
Boys played with cars while girls played with Barbie’s. I mean what …show more content…
Many people argue that Barbie is discriminating every other race that's not blonde hair blue eyed. “Given the controversy in the literature over the influence of Barbie dolls on girls, we asked the participants what they thought of Barbie. The general consensus was that Barbie's body is unrealistic. They should make a fat one. They are all so skinny and that's mean to fat people”(Smith p.67 ). When walking through the Barbie section at the toy stores there never seem to be much diversity in the dolls. They all looked the same just with a different outfits. People started to question the company whether if they were against all other races and body types. We live in a country full of different people with different backgrounds. Parents then stopped buy Barbie’s for their children because of the crucial dicrimation it was showing thir children.
Positive Effects on Society People never had deeper thoughts about Barbie, until the past recent years. Most of the time little girls were worried about whether or not Barbie had all her accessories and looked pretty once clothed. Never once thought that a girl should strive to look like Barbie or that she was the embodiment of feminine beauty.
I. Role
The Effect of Barbie’s in Society Research
Vivian Ramos
Waubonsee Community College
Abstract
This paper gives a brief overview of the effect of Barbie’s in today’s world. Ranging from a variety of positive and negative views that influence the women's physical looks today. A plastic toy that has been very popular for the past fifty years has slowly found its deeper meaning. I will first give you a brief overview of how this research is mapped out. Starting with the background information about Barbie then rolling into the positive and negative effects, later wrapping it up and leaving it up to the audience to decide what kind of influence this doll has made to the world.
Boys played with cars while girls played with Barbie’s. I mean what …show more content…
Many people argue that Barbie is discriminating every other race that's not blonde hair blue eyed. “Given the controversy in the literature over the influence of Barbie dolls on girls, we asked the participants what they thought of Barbie. The general consensus was that Barbie's body is unrealistic. They should make a fat one. They are all so skinny and that's mean to fat people”(Smith p.67 ). When walking through the Barbie section at the toy stores there never seem to be much diversity in the dolls. They all looked the same just with a different outfits. People started to question the company whether if they were against all other races and body types. We live in a country full of different people with different backgrounds. Parents then stopped buy Barbie’s for their children because of the crucial dicrimation it was showing thir children.
Positive Effects on Society People never had deeper thoughts about Barbie, until the past recent years. Most of the time little girls were worried about whether or not Barbie had all her accessories and looked pretty once clothed. Never once thought that a girl should strive to look like Barbie or that she was the embodiment of feminine beauty.
I. Role