http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/07/18/newest-barbie-a-skank/
I came across this picture of a newer barbie and was completely shocked. It surprises me that this barbie is made for little girls to play with. I wonder what this is teaching the young girls of this generation. I know some may say it's just a toy and it's absolutely harmless, but I strongly believe that whatever we see or whatever we expose ourselves to has an effect on us. For example, in our text book when it talks about the certain fonts that restaurants use we seem to automatically associate what font goes with what type of restaurant. This makes me ask the question when did we begin to associate a certain font with a certain type of food...Obviously we are exposed to so many things each day without even knowing what it's doing to us and this newest barbie makes me wonder what effect it will have on the children that see or play with it...
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It seems that way to me too! Ever since they started making barbie more scantly clad it seems more girls want to dress that way too. it's not just the celebraties..it's the toys we girls play and see all the time that have an impact too.
Barbie has always set a ridiculous standard for girls - I'm sure everyone has heard how unrealistic even her proportions are, but now? Now we're not just telling our girls that they need to be thin and have long legs and be *ahem* well-endowed, we're telling them how to dress. Barbie used to portray a princess. Then it was career Barbie, giving a little redemptive quality to the doll... at the very least it gave girls something GOOD to believe they can achieve. Apparently the designers of Barbie have lost any sense of standards, however low they were before.
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