Barbie

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…

What does it take to be a woman today? It’s not a secret that as long as humanity knows its history women has been treated poorly then men. The only time when females had more priority is during homo-erectus era when male would hunt for food and female were at shelter taking care of everything else. The only reason why women took lead then is men would easily die during hunt. Since then humanity improved in every are known to us and then society started stating that males take the lead as…

Barbie still looks great for being 57. The one thing most people know about Ruth Handler and Mattel Inc. is that they created Barbie. Ruth Handler married the Mattel Inc. founder, Elliot Handler, together the Handlers worked on turning a garage furniture shop into an ongoing successful company. They had two children, Barbara and Kenneth Handler and in the 1970’s Ruth was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. She later died in 2002 from complications from colon surgery. Ruth Handler has changed the way…

remember in fourth grade my teacher insisted that we come to school the following day dressed as we would in our dream career. In that moment, I realized how I enjoyed creating new ideas and designing fashion. I then reminisced on the day I got my first Barbie. I use to mix and match her clothing with previous dolls I owned. I wanted all my Barbies to look original, unlike most little girls who bought their matching clothes in a plastic pack. In my spare time, I would pull out my favorite…

and Fisher Price have been prominent in society since they were created and will remain that way. These specific name brands impact how society thinks because their products represent gender roles that are sent to our youth all over the world. Barbie, who was created in 1959, has been remodeled hundreds of times since,…

The 1950’s was known as the Golden Age of television in the United States. During this time beauty pageants, Barbie, and Marilyn Monroe were all popular in society. Beauty pageants gave families something to watch together. Barbie’s gave young girls something to imagine and play with. Marilyn Monroe became a famous icon in Hollywood as well as movies. Beauty pageants, Barbie, and Marilyn Monroe all exhibited characteristics which consisted of beauty and sexuality. Miss America pageants have been…

troubling story of a young boy discovering his sexuality with his sister’s Barbie and Ken dolls. This story makes the reader look beyond the sexual taboo and ask what the real message is. Being as he eventually finds Ken to be more sexually appeasing than Barbie for his hole to release in when the head was removed, there is a question as to how genuine he was with his “relationship” with Barbie. In the beginning he would take Barbie on what he would refer to as dates and drug her before they…

I loved the Barbie so much. She was tall, skinny, had a very nice outfit, and was very pretty. I fell in love with it and being a little girl I actually treated it like a friend. That barbie was always there for me. She would help me pick out my outfit every day and would go with me wherever I went. At the age of about ten I would begin to think to myself…

Beauty Beauty has been a socially constructed concept that has been around since the beginning of time. We set these ideals of what has to be perfect, according to society, and what is socially unacceptable. If a woman happens to be over a certain weight, she is fat according to society. We have put pressure on each other throughout the years and it has harmful effects to the people around us. Setting certain beauty standards that people feel they need to follow is going to hurt not only this…

Barbie dolls with distorted arms, cheap bedazzled jewelry, cherry-flavored chap stick or stolen makeup from Mom: things you can find in a little girl’s drawer. But not mine. My drawer consisted of test strips, alcohol pads, syringes and lancets. At the age of eight, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Given this news, I felt isolated and my future became a blur. To make a long story short, my whole lifestyle had to change in order to survive: a new diet plan, constantly needing to prick my…