People are not aware of the impact toys have on their brains and the image they project. Especially the famous Barbie, who has been heavily criticized over the years by creating a stereotype and physical unattainable figure for women around the world, one of the controversies has to do with the appearance of Barbie. Its extreme thinness induces problem in children at a young age. Barbie’s birth changed the history of toys and girls forever. Before Barbie, majority of the toys young girls would play with involved being mothers. Those toys were a reflection of the era where the role of women was housework and child care. Originally Barbie was created for girls to explore what they wanted to when they grew up. Barbie was feminine, elegant and
