This plastic icon is fifty today. But is she a bad influence? I am sure she has had some influence in the craze for plastic surgery and breast argumentation which has produced generations of human Barbie clones. Academics at the University of South Australia calculated that the likelihood of a real woman having Barbie’s proportions is one in 100,000, with Body Mass Index in the unhealthy category. So she is a bad dolly and unhealthy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7920962.stm
Posted by Sue's Blog at 16:13 0 comments
Personally I think she is a rotton influence on young girls today. She's had a lot of bad press and a lot of blame for eating disorders etc.. Fortunately my daughters have not been interested in these types of toys and I have tried to set a good example by not paying any attention to fussy eating habits and bad body image. I encourage healthy eating but never ban junk food, just limit it. When you see women who have had countless operations to look like a barbie doll I feel it is a sad portrayal of women. Men have always loved curves, and most are intelligent enough to know that women portrayed in film and tv are nor 'real'. I had one experience in my youth where a feller I was dating said to me 'I always wanted to walk in the pub with Linda Lusardi on my arm.' I promptly dumped him. Self esteem begins with self acceptance and beauty is always in the eye of the beholder!http://http://smjl123.blogspot.com/