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Childs Toy Assessment - Barbie

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Imagine your perfect women. Six feet tall, weighs one hundred pounds, and her sizes are 36-18-38. And for a bonus, she can’t get pregnant. Yes of course we are talking about the beloved, most known doll of time, the beautiful and perfect Barbie. This children’s toy was invented in 1959 by Ruth Hnadler, co-founder of Mattel, whose own daughter is called Barbara (The History of Barbie Dolls), which is where the name Barbie was generated. She was perfectly skinny, had a perfect boyfriend and family, perfect hair, perfect house, she was perfectly perfect. Yet how was this one perfect doll impacting millions of young girls who were playing with her (Do Barbie dolls have a negative influence on young girls?)? Barbie came as either a brunette or blond, and then in 1961 red hair was added. Considering Barbie had been connected to many different careers, the toy does have a noble purpose with wholesome play value. During the time when Barbie was invented the physical properties of her were poorly distributed, but as time went on the doll got better. In 1980, the first African American Barbie and Hispanic Barbie were introduced. However, during 1969 Barbie had a black friend named Christie. 1965, Barbie first had bendable legs and eyes that open and shut, then in 1967 a Twist N’ Turn Barbie was released, so that she could twist at the waist. 1992 had the best selling doll, totally hair Barbie with hair from the top to the bottom of her head (The History of Barbie Dolls). When young girls play with their Barbie they usually have the feeling of wanting to be just like them. During the nineties Barbie’s slogan was “We Girls Can do Anything,” leading back to Barbie being connected to many different careers including being a stripper, a housewife, Astronaut Barbie, Dr. Barbie, stewardess and now a pilot (We Girls Can do Anything). This is showing that girls can do anything, but at the same time it is giving little girls the wrong idea o

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