Barbies Body Image

Barbies were first introduced in the late 1950’s and immediately pressed down on the way society views girls and how girls view themselves. negatively shape girls self-body image. Barbies have been a huge staple in children, mostly girls, childhood and this causes many girls to struggle with bad body images, also affect the way society sees women, and develop serious health issues. These affect the way women see themselves in the future. The Barbies so-called “perfect body” is unrealistic and putting these unrealistic goals into girl's head. The Barbies have a tiny waist, skinny arms, long skinny legs, and perfect makeup on their faces. When girls are exposed to this at a young age they believe that this is the norm for girls bodies so when they get older they have low self-esteem, eating disorders, and depression.

The way the founders of Barbie made her body is extremely unrealistic. An article on the Daily Mail went through Barbies measurements and described how she would be in real life compared to the average American women.. Starting from the top Barbies head would be two inches bigger with a neck that would be twice as long and six inches thinner, she would not be able to lift her own head. She would …show more content…
in their early teen and young adult years. A study from The Alliance of Eating Disorder Awareness discovered that 70 million people worldwide are suffering from an eating disorder, and 90% of those are between the ages of 12-25. This is shortly after most girls stop playing with barbies. The body image that was put into their head by Barbies are affecting how they view themselves. One specific barbie was the “Slumber Party Barbie”, it came with a scale, hairbrush, diet book, and a sign the front said how to lose weight and on the back it said don't