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    In a Barbie World Since the beginning‚ boys and girls have been put into separate groups and as children they are very different‚ especially when it comes to the toys they play with. One of the first teachings of a child’s gender role can usually be found in their toy chest. Boys had race cars‚ building tools‚ guns and action figures all being apart of their preparation for manhood. Girls had makeup sets‚ kitchenware‚ stuffed animals‚ and dolls. Although boys get their share of subtle societal

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    Barbie Since March 9th‚ 1959 the United States has had a very influential piece of plastic‚ called the Barbie. Barbie was created by Ruth Handler‚ of Mattel Inc. after discovering a doll in Germany named Bild Lilli. The Barbie doll was named after Ruth Handler’s daughter‚ Barbara. The Barbie was introduced to the United Sates at a time when the word “teenager” was becoming a popular trend on television and in movies. A teenager is the time between childhood and adult life. Mattel took the opportunity

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    2011 THE CASE The case examines the evolution of the Barbie doll over the years from its launch in 1959. It explores the product development strategies adopted by Mattel for Barbie and the reasons for the success of Barbie. The case also explores changes in Barbie ’s image along with the changes in American society. The criticism leveled against Barbie by feminists has also been described. The case also examines the challenges that Barbie could face in the future with the launch of Disney Princess

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    “suddenly a lot of things made sense” when she discovered that Barbie was designed by a man? Is she referring here only to Barbie’s looks? 2. Are we supposed to believe the claims Prager makes in paragraph 4? What is the point she is trying to make? 3. What is Prager’s definition of a feminist in this essay? Where do you find this definition? 4. What is Prager’s thesis? Questions on Writing Strategy 1. What elements of Barbie does Prager’s analysis identify? What new picture of the doll

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    Barbie's Stereotypes

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    At the start of Barbie‚ in the 1950s Barbie images was created in the likeness of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe‚ Rita Hayworth and Elizabeth Taylor. Barbie’s image did not illustrate the way in which little girls dressed nor did it create an image that a little girl could model after. Barbie’s clothing when compared to women clothing of that time period were almost identical. Women in that time period were girdles‚ strapless bras‚ and half -slips. In the first edition of Barbie‚ she too had a girdle

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    Interview Magazine‚ she claims that we are all trapped in Barbie’s world. "Barbie is not an appropriate role model for girls‚ because she is a man’s ideal."She tells us that she recently saw the obituary for Jack Ryan in the newspaper. The obituary said that Ryan helped create Barbie. Prager then says that Barbie being designed by man suddenly makes a lot of since. Barbie looks like she was a Playboy bunny. She said that Barbie not being created by woman makes her feel sane‚ but that it doesn’t change

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    How have the composers of the poems you will be discussing constructed their representations of women? Compare and contrast the themes and values represented in your two chosen poems. 
The representation of women have changed throughout the course of history. The Ruined Maid composed by Thomas Hardy and I Am Man-made by Susan Wicks both incorporate similar values of the submissive nature of women‚ yet do not fail to integrate two very different values of female sexuality and male dominance‚ respectively

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    looked at a Barbie doll when I was 6 and said‚ ‘This is what I want to look like.’ I think a lot of little 6-year-old girls or younger even now are looking at that doll and thinking‚ ‘I want to be her.’ (model Cindy Jackson on CBS News‚ 2004). Barbie is the cultural icon of female beauty that provides an “aspirational role model” for young girls (Pedersen & Markee‚ 1991; Turkel‚ 1998)‚ and 99% of 3- to 10-year-olds in the United States own at least one Barbie doll (Rogers‚ 1999). Yet‚ Barbie is so exceptionally

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    her waist only eighteen‚ and her hips measuring in at mere 33 inches. You may think me a little crazy. Her name is Barbie. Created in March 1959 Barbie was used to fill a gap in the ever growing doll market (Barbie). But should little girls really be idolizing this woman? A life size barbie would have a body mass index of only16.24 which falls into the category of anorexic (Barbie). With society emulating such a being‚ we are forced to ask ourselves‚ does society’s view of the ideal human being

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    Barbie's New Stereotypes

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    The advertisement I picked for my essay is the front cover of a Time magazine showing a Barbie doll in a black dress and wearing black boots. The Barbie doll is in a walking pose with her head a little tilted down‚ and arms behind her back. Her hair is long‚ blonde‚ and straight. Her body is different than from the traditional BARBIE doll‚ it’s not like the rest of the dolls‚ this one is different. The front cover of the magazine also include words such as “Now can we stop talking about my body

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