I remember playing with my HUGE collection of Barbies as a kid (most were the red-headed ones). Her life was perfect! She lived in my huge plastic mansion I got for Christmas, her clothes were always in style, her bangs were perfectly teased, and she had Ken wrapped around her finger. But was there a underlying message?
So many girls AND boys are suffering from body image issues and eating disorders are on the rise. Is Barbie giving girls the idea to be perfect? Galia Slayen, a sophomore at Hamilton College in New York, created a life sized Barbie with the proportions of the doll figure.
A life-sized Barbie would be nearly six feet tall, have a 39-inch bust, 18-inch waist, 33-inch hips, and a size three shoe. With these proportions, she would have to walk on all fours and has a BMI of an aneroxic person.
A slumber party themed Barbie came with a bathroom scale that read 110 pounds.
Most people just look at Barbie as a classic doll. But is there something more?
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