Argumentative Essay On Barbie Doll

Barbie is the main target for feminists and women of all races. As a doll, Barbie is a first role model for kids, showing them what they should look like, how they should dress, and how much money she should have. She is given to girls at a very young age. Marilyn Motz’s essay, “Seen Through Rose-Tinted Glasses” says, “Most owners of Barbie dolls are girls ages of three to eleven years of age” (Motz 16). These children are too young to process and understand that real girls don’t look like her. She is also a symbol to young boys that they should try to find a woman that look like her. Barbie is not the only object influencing people to be an unhealthy, small size.
Sources such as the media, marketing, and social environments contribute to
The Average American Girl such as Gidget, a character in several movies, and Annette Funicello, one of the original mouseketeers, set an example for our grandparents’ era. In Pamela Peeke’s article, “Just What IS an Average Woman’s Size Anymore?,” she states “There was actually a uniform sizing system for women’s clothes until the US Department of Commerce dropped it in 1983 noting that the traditional sizes were no longer reflecting the size and shape of the average consumer” (Peeke, 2010). People were getting thinner because the ad industries for fitness magazines in the 80’s were growing, therefore influencing everyone’s thoughts on their body image. This growing movement effected women’s thoughts and influenced them to change their physical appearance.
Runway models that starve themselves to be a size one is not reality. Nowadays women are introduced to these size one models from Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister. Most people (women in general) claim that women were not made to be this size and most woman aren’t this size. In fact, the average size of a woman today is a size 14 (Dealer, 2010). These size 14 women now feel like they are up against Barbie, but again it’s not just
They claim that supermodel Robyn Lawley is not anywhere near a “plus-size.” In an interview with Fashionista, Lawley says, "You know, we’re not plus-sized girls, we’re normal sized girls. So the swimwear in my mind is really being designed for the average sized woman, not the ‘plus-sized’ woman. / It’s okay in the fashion world referring to us booking models, but in the regular world I shouldn’t be called a ‘plus-size’ at all" (Beusman, 2013). Robin Lawley is setting a good example for children and even adults today. She’s saying the media’s standards of a plus size model is very different from what her standards are. She’s trying to set a good example for all women. Companies such as Aerie and Dove are setting a trend for the future to use non-photoshopped models and women of all sizes and races in their ads and commercials. Movements like these are a good start for implementing change for the