Barbie Effect On America Research Paper Victoria Pesic Ms Ragno Practical Writing 5 May 2016 Barbie's Effect on America Most American girls can remember growing up with the blonde, plastic, fashionable doll called Barbie. The first item to pop into people's heads, as they think of the perfect Christmas or Hanukkah present is the Barbie doll.
Essay On Barbie Doll. Psychologist have tested and proven the side effects of playing with Barbie dolls. It is impossible to know at a young age if a girl will develop a negative influence by playing with Barbie dolls. Studies have proven that playing with Barbie Dolls can change the way young girls think and behave later on in life. Since its invention in 1959, Barbie doll has been setting unrealistic beauty standards, influencing a lot of young girls around the world to believe that being 5’9”, weighing about 50 kilos, having F-cup breasts and stick thin limbs is the way to go! All while completely ignoring the fact that a real body with these dimensions will bedawned on me that I could name one of my dolls “Lenore”; i.e., that I could assign my own name to a Barbie. I realized further that if I named my Barbie “Lenore,” she could represent me in my fictive Barbie world of make-believe. That meant, so I thought, that I could participate (albeit in a fictional way) in the lives of my Barbie dolls.
exposure to Barbie dolls influences internalisation and body image among 5- to 8-year old Australian girls. A second question was whether playing with a Barbie doll in a functional manner would lead to more positive body image outcomes relative to other forms of Barbie exposure (e.g., viewing images of Barbie).Analyzing Sales Data. This exponential–and sudden–growth in technology had indirectly started a downwards trend in the toy industry. All of the major toy companies have started to face significant decreases in sales and demand over the past decade. For instance, Mattel Inc, the manufacturer of Barbie dolls, reported a 14% and 15% decline in