Barbie is the iconic figure for all young women all over the world. Many young girls grew up with this play doll, it had all the features to entertain them. The barbie doll came with many entertaining features, such as, a hair brush, different outfits, and different accessories. This doll has been a “role model” for many young females for many years and has proven to be a cause for the self-esteem for girls to lower. Barbie is not the model of perfection everyone think she is; she has caused young girls to become anorexic, feel depressed, and change their entire lifestyle to be just like barbie. Many girls that have seen Barbie think that if being as thin as she is that they have to be that way too. A study from two British universities claim that the figure of Barbie causes girls to feel insecure and the need to change their appearance. Since the ultra-thin image of Barbie, cause girls to desire this which makes them think that if they do not eat anything they will be perfectly thin. This influence by Barbie is not what is needed for such young children; the barbie doll shows children that being extremely thin is the only way they can be perfect. Parents that have reported that…show more content… From a young age many girls do not usually think about their body image, but when the barbie came out in 1956 this whole aspect changed. Girls have even stated that they have become depressed and felt like they had an unhealthy body image. The amount of girls that achieve the “perfect image” is around one in every 100,000 girls; these numbers show that their are not many ultra-thin and since most young girls desire this, it causes depression. This “Barbie depression” has in many cases gone to extreme measures; this image of perfection has caused suicide in extreme cases and has raised many questions of if Barbie really is a good role model for young
