Barbie Doll Essay

To Barbie or Not to Barbie Why does Barbie spark such an interest in younger girls if she has caused so much controversy over the years? There are many arguments that Barbie has a fully negative effect on little girl’s minds, but what about all the positive ones? Throughout the years Barbie has taken on more than 150 careers such as a CEO, Zookeeper, Racetrack Driver; you name it Barbie’s done it. “As an astronaut, she went to the moon 4 years before Neil Armstrong” according to the article…

Australia Survey of Young Women from 2006 to 2013. The doll Barbie has been an iconic figure in many younger girls lives since her daybue on March 9th,1959 at the annul toy fair in New York City. Over the years business skirts have gotten shorter, shirts have gotten lower and bodies have gotten thinner with Barbie’s influential impact on society to blame. Barbie was presented to the world with the intentions to be more than just a little girls doll but was meant to be something that presented…

The purpose of this report is: to analyze the most relevant effects of the film Blackfish to SeaWorld, how those effects have affected SeaWorld’s business, management, and shareholders, and finally, determine if SeaWorld’s response to the film is enough. Soon after Blackfish was released, the controversy started. Since the beginning, PETA has been one of the most persistent issues for SeaWorld; using different tactics and technology, PETA managed to reach thousands of people that rise against…

This comparative commentary will discuss texts 1 and 2: ‘Gals and Dolls: The Moral Value of ‘Bad’ Toys’ and ‘Dolls Like Me’. Text 1 is an except from the essay ‘Gals and Dolls: The Moral Value of ‘Bad’ Toys’ written by Marni Jackson in 1991. Text B also discusses the theme of dolls as toys for kids. Text 2 is an advertisement from a toy retailer. The advertisement was published on www.dollslikeme.com in 2010. Both texts discuss dolls as toys for young children. This comparative will analyze the…

For over 50 years, Barbie has not only existed as a simple child’s plaything, but as a cultural phenomenon; an iconic piece of painted plastic impressed with untold amounts of potential. If you speak to any girl today in her twenties, she will be sure to regale you fondly with tales of the doll from childhood memories. It is easy to interpret how Barbie is marketed, at a foundational level, to promote a societally constructed definition of all things ‘ideally’ feminine, however, what is…

Since her debut in 1959, Barbie has become one of the most popular toys amongst young girls. Per recent studies, conducted by Purdue University, the average American girl between the ages of 3-11 owns ten Barbie dolls. It is said that approximately two dolls are sold every second somewhere in the world (Turkel, 1998). Despite her popularity, Barbie has attracted a lot of criticism about the impact she has on young girls. Though Barbie primarily serves as a toy for children during play, a lot of…

March 9 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult features. The woman…

Bad and the Barbie shows the creation of the Barbie, and how it changed and how it reflects from what time it is from. Showing each Barbie from its time and how and why it was created, such as how each style and job occupations Barbie had was based on the views and standards of that time. This book, set in today, and the Barbie today. Though it does show the past of Barbie, and even Ruth Handler (the creator of Barbie) it is as an informative of its past or compared to today’s Barbie. Though…

would you let her play with Barbie? Lots of people say that Barbie is bad and that you should not let your children play with her. Other say different that she is the very definition of imagination that children need. With that being we ask ourselves, does Barbie give young girls negative thoughts about their body image? How many kids play with Barbie? Barbie is an old doll that has been around for a long time, since 1959 to be exact. How many kids play with Barbie though is very…

however also be seen by some as a portrayal of the Aryan race which was a particularly prominent ideal at the time due to Nazi Germany's intentions. In fact, the doll that inspired Barbie, Lilli, was created by a German toy company that were known supporters of Hitler. One of the founders of the company actually describes the Lilli, doll in a similar way that those described the Aryan race, from this we can infer that her blonde-haired, blue-eyed appearance was just that. Therefore Barbies…