Henry Ford
Now a days, people are more concerned because of how they look, their image; especially women. This is due to the major influences that the media has over their visions. It is not only the media that is having this type of influence over women; also fashion dolls are having much of an influence, mainly Barbie dolls. The Barbie doll is a doll that is originally designed for girls, but women today see her as an ideal figure, and as a result they believe that that is the way they should look like.
It was not until the 1950s that Americans began to feel the positive growth of the post-war economy. People these days watched a lot of television shows, teenagers were trying to set a new music ...
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the future is an important part of growing up"(Barbie, par3). She began doing some research, and discovered that there really weren't any dolls that actually had a body, except for paper dolls, but the idea was to create a doll in which the girls could actually change their clothes, comb them, etc. So she decided to do this by designing a doll that was three dimensional to try and fill the gap. Therefore, after several designs, in 1959, Mattel Inc. introduced to the market, Barbie the Teenage Fashion Model. The public had never seen a doll like this ever before because all that had ever existed before were baby and paper dolls. Ever since Barbie was introduced into the market, it has been the most popular fashion doll ever designed. As years have passed by, the Barbie doll has reflected the fashion industry all throughout its fashion trends and changes. Not only did it represent the fashion industry, but also it became friends of an entire generation of girls. Today, not ...
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Barbie's boyfriend was introduced into the market. As time passed, more dolls were launched into the market and they were claimed to be Barbie's friends. This encouraged girls to play more with the Barbie dolls, and also, little by little they came to believe that Barbie was a perfect figure and that because if this they were supposed to look like her.
As a result of many girls believing that they want to be like Barbie and that they want to look like her, is that there are so many girls that believe that their image is everything they should worry about. Therefore, as a consequence there are many people that suffer from an eating disorder and are also frustrated with the way they ...
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