Is Barbie Harmful to Young Girls? Blonde hair‚ blue eyes‚ business woman‚ rock star‚ princess and doctor‚ can you guess who? It’s Barbie. To be beautiful is to possess qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction‚ and for most‚ Barbie is the epitome of beauty. For years Barbie has been a doll that has been living in the hands of girls of all ages. Some girls start getting Barbies as young as three years old and continue to collect these dolls sometimes into early adulthood. But are these
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Child Beauty Pageants: What Are We Teaching Our Girls?The princess syndrome‚ self-image and eating disorders Published on August 12‚ 2011 by Martina M. Cartwright‚ Ph.D.‚ R.D. in Food For Thought The recent issue of French Vogue has sparked outrage for its photos of a ten-year old model lying in a sea animal print wearing a chest revealing gold dress‚ stilettos and heavy make up. Cries of "how young is too young" to model‚ be "sexy" etc. have ignited controversy about early sexualization of children
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First and foremost‚ child beauty pageants can damage family finances. Martina Cartwright‚ an adjunct faculty member at the University of Arizona‚ wrote in her research regarding child pageants that the average total cost of participating in a single competition is between $3‚000 and $5‚000 dollars while an entry fee of a child beauty pageant runs from $25 to over $500. In addition‚ each outfit for a competing child normally is priced from $300 to $500‚ or even higher. Since a child needs to wear
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Anyone can access it at any given time. As stated in “5 Reasons Child Pageants are Bad for Kids”‚ “John Ramsey and his family skyrocketed to national prominence in 1996‚ when Ramsey’s 6-year-old daughter JonBenet‚ a frequent child pageant contestant‚ was found murdered.” (Mark Fix‚ P.1). That is tragic‚ horrifying‚ and a downright terrible thing to happen to any parent. As I stated before‚ children need to be children. John Ramsey‚ the parent of the deceased JonBenet‚ stated the following “It’s
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appearance is valued over talents or personality. Personality and talent can be included in pageants but are usually only given small fraction of time. More and more children each year are becoming insecure about their bodies and overall appearance. These things should not be ranked as one of the highest concerns among young children‚ but surveys have shown otherwise. The sexualization of children in pageants‚ where they are told to wear promiscuous clothing and model in suggestive poses‚ can be linked
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Beauty Pageants is a debatable topic. Many girls and even compete based on abilities‚ poise‚ and perfection. Beauty Pageants either lean towards a good side or a bad side. Some people think the pageants can be harmful‚ because of competition. Some people think otherwise‚ they think it builds up self-confidence and character. There are different opinions and debates on beauty pageants. There are many debates that lead to beauty pageants to lean toward the harmful side. Some people think parents
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be argued that it can be watched during our leisure but students spend all their free time watching television instead of dividing it and doing more profitable stuff. Media is ugly filthy and dirty. It shouldn’t exist. But alas it does. That is harmful to everyone‚ not just children and students. But on this group is the greatest impact. T.V. has fake trash in it that misleads stupid children‚ who don’t know any better and whose parents can’t raise them properly and teach them what’s bad. Even
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World: The Ugly Truth about Child Beauty Pageants A stage full of dolled-up or Barbie-like little girls who with their fabulous mini gowns or dresses‚ or tiny swimsuits being worn‚ walk that stage flashing a million dollar smile on their little faces with all the poise and projection‚ judges eyeing them‚ an audience applauding and with their pushy parents cheering for them at the corner. That would be a typical child beauty pageant scene. Basically‚ a beauty pageant is an assemblage of girls or
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Speech Title: ______Don’t Smoke! _________________________ Specific Purpose: To inform my audience that smoking is harmful in many ways and to try and persuade them not to do it. Central Idea: Smoking is very harmful to the body and can cause many diseases‚ so people should reconsider it before they do it. Introduction Attention: Hey everyone‚ my name’s Katie Jakubec‚ and today I’m going to be talking a little bit about why you shouldn’t smoke. I think pretty much everyone’s already
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Topic: Smoking is harmful “Smoking is harmful”. It is a very familiar slogan that you can easy to see in public places. However‚ there is a fact that‚ despite knowledge about smoking damage‚ the number of people who smoke is increasing day by day. Smoking causes many negative effects than people think. It affects not only health but also environment and society. First‚ it is harmful for both smoker and non- smokers. There are many toxic chemicals in tobacco cause cancer such as nicotine‚ monoxide
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