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Barbie is a 29 cm doll, created in 1945 by Harold Matson
and Elliot Handler and marketed since 1959 by Mattel, an American
company specialized in toys and games. Mattel is the second manufacturer in the world behind
Lego with an annual sale of more than 4447600533.712 €. Barbie was
presented for the fist time in march, 9th , 1959 at a Toy fair, dressed in
a lined swimsuit black and white with geometrical motive and high
heels. According to studies, 90 % of French girls from 8 to 10 years
have at least one Barbie and 100%of american girls from 6 to 11 years have at
least a barbie. Nowadays, her website accounts 18 millions memberes
around the world, 75 results in google include the term « Barbie », 500
000 persons are subscribed to the magazine Barbie, and more then 4
millions copies of this doll are solded in France every year. We wonder if Barbie
is a bad influence on girls. To answer this question two lines are
analysable. The first part is about the good influences of Barbie, and the other
part is about the bad influences of Barbie.
To my mind , Barbie has a good influence on girls.
-First, because she is represented with 130 trades like doctor,singer, Fashion designer, stewardess on Américan Airline, businesswoman, photographer, actress, professor of deaf and dumb language, pediatrician of the premature babies... I think it's an awesome idea, it would help children to open their eyes in the diffrent jobs that existe in the world and to have an idea about what they want to be later in life. More over it's a symbolic thing , she embodies the figure of the woman who can work and don't spend her life in a home only taking care of her husband and her kids. Effectively, Barbie is an important women symbol, because she appeared in 60th century, In full post-war period, of transition and modernity. A time marked by a feministe revolution in which the women looked out for equality with the men. In 1971 appeared Barbie Malibu, who had her own car, and in 1985, the «Day to night barbie» came out. She was an businesswoman in crossed pink tailor, her severe dress can however be transformed into a charming night outfit . The woman, represent a new woman: confident with a lot of Projets, commited in her work with a part of madness showing its self in the night. We are assisting to a diversification of the role of the woman.
Then, Barbie is not just a white girl with blue eyes and long, blond platinum hair. There are asian barbies (with the long, black hair, restrained eyes, white and pale skin and the hanfu ), an african Barbie (with black skin, brown eyes and black curly hair), an indian barbie ( with black eyebrows, orangy skin, long thick dark hair, and an indian traditional dress consistued of a sari decorated with turbans, shawls and numerous jewels) and many other origines. From my point of view, it's an incredible idea, because it may reduce discrimination and racisim, and teaches the kids to love each other even if they are from different origin, also Barbie is a representative model of the typical woman of every country.
To my mind , Barbie has a good influence on girls.
-First, because she is represented with 130 trades like doctor,singer, Fashion designer, stewardess on Américan Airline, businesswoman, photographer, actress, professor of deaf and dumb language, pediatrician of the premature babies... I think it's an awesome idea, it would help children to open their eyes in the diffrent jobs that existe in the world and to have an idea about what they want to be later in life. More over it's a symbolic thing , she embodies the figure of the woman who can work and don't spend her life in a home only taking care of her husband and her kids. Effectively, Barbie is an important women symbol, because she appeared in 60th century, In full post-war period, of transition and modernity. A time marked by a feministe revolution in which the women looked out for equality with the men. In 1971 appeared Barbie Malibu, who had her own car, and in 1985, the «Day to night barbie» came out. She was an businesswoman in crossed pink tailor, her severe dress can however be transformed into a charming night outfit . The woman, represent a new woman: confident with a lot of Projets, commited in her work with a part of madness showing its self in the night. We are assisting to a diversification of the role of the woman.
Then, Barbie is not just a white girl with blue eyes and long, blond platinum hair. There are asian barbies (with the long, black hair, restrained eyes, white and pale skin and the hanfu ), an african Barbie (with black skin, brown eyes and black curly hair), an indian barbie ( with black eyebrows, orangy skin, long thick dark hair, and an indian traditional dress consistued of a sari decorated with turbans, shawls and numerous jewels) and many other origines. From my point of view, it's an incredible idea, because it may reduce discrimination and racisim, and teaches the kids to love each other even if they are from different origin, also Barbie is a representative model of the typical woman of every country.
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