Barbie Dolls

 It has been argued that Barbie dolls reflect a highly sexualized image and circumscribe girls' play by emphasizing prescribed roles and patterns of interaction. Children learn at a very early age what it means to be a boy or a girl in our society. Through a myriad of activities, opportunities, encouragements, discouragements, overt behaviors, covert suggestions, and various forms of guidance, children experience the process of gender role socialization. Toys can always provide direct influence on children.From the moment of birth, children begin to form relationships with others. As they grow, hopefully these relationships deepen and enable them to handle many and varied relationships with individuals outside of their initial circle. The ability to build and further relationships, make complex judgmentsand exercise fair play can all be enhanced with toys, such as Barbie dolls.  The feature of Barbie doll is very self-imposing.  She had blonde hair, sparkling blue eyes, long legs, a voluptuous chest, slender waist, and flawless skin. What woman wouldn't want to have features like that? This brings up my next point. Although Barbie has these incredible features, her measurements are very unrealistic. It is feared that by dramatizing stereotypical feminine roles during play, girls will internalize and later embody such roles. Girls has become obsessed with fashion, beauty and possessions. Barbie belongs to a bygone age. It is perhaps time for her to pass her crown to a more inclusive, realistic successor.

The way a woman values herself has shifted from pride in sustaining a home into a maze of self-indulgent pleasures.  Their obession with beauty brought by barbie dolls actually is their obsession with indealistic world. Consider that recent surveys have shown girls as young as eight worrying about their weight and developing eating disorders. The reality is a big contrast to their imaginative world.  Girls love barbie dolls because it provides them a shelter from realistic barrier.