I believe it depends how you view the barbie. To some, barbie might seem too skiny or too chesty and yes i agree that it is rediculous but She shows how she can do anything and become successful. Obiously you need to work for your goal but ...
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How exactly do we even say Barbie is a bad role model!!! I wish i was like Barbie! She is a great role model!! ... When did everything become so politically correct, aren't role models supposed to beyond ourselves, and barbie has always showed girls that they could pursue any proffesion and still be hot.<3 Tina...
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—Six year old assuming the identity of her doll But what did these dolls really do good for children, ... I remember playing like 'mom' when I was little with my doll... it wasn' the doll that was the role-model at all... it was the person I was impersonating. Of course, I was more of a cabbage-patch kid than a Barbie-type.
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Barbie has always taken some cultural grief; she's not feminist enough in some periods, she's too thin to some people today, even her hair is wrong to some.   But that's not really the case, says Cindy Haines, a clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine at Saint Louis University and family doctor.
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b. Barbie is often seen today as a bad role model for girls. I would like to show how Barbie is actually a good role model for girls. ... a. Barbie is a good role model because she teaches girls that they can dream big.
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Little girls, and big ones, can be very cruel, especially to those who do not fit the skinny role models of Britney, Barbie and Bardot. ... Rachael Oakes-Ash is the author of Good Girls Do Swallow (Random House).
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That depends... As a kid barbie was just another doll I dressed and put on a shelf... I didn't look up to her as if she was a real person and my parents made sure I understood that everyone is beautiful no matter the shape, color, size etc....
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 Haines even has advice for women of all ages on how adapting a little Barbie can be good for them. ... I personally think Barbie iz a BAD role model. The scientific stuff doesn’t matter, she’s a doll for ciren out loud, she’s SUPPOSED to look “perfect”! But if you think about it, have you noticed that it...
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“I have always thought Barbie was a good role model. I think the alterations will change some people’s views on her, but look at G.I. Joe, no one complains that he is too muscular. They’re dolls, just toys,” said sophomore Katerina Anastasiou.
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Barbie's body may be perfect, but critics remind us it's plastic By Angela Cain ; Knight-Ridder ... "The visual media plays a big role in how women see their bodies. When you look at the cover of some fashion magazine, those models are airbrushed. Nobody looks that perfect. But the magazine makes you think they do."
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