Every Girl Wants a Barbie

I was reading the essentials of argument text, and I read an essay in there called "The Barbie Controversy", and I wondered , is Barbie really the image millions of little girls aspire to be? Lets just talk about the way Barbie looks. Barbie is a blonde , big chested , white and skinny doll. This is the image that has been advertised for many years by many companies like McDonald's and more. If they are portrayed as being rich with big houses,millions of accessories, and loved by all ,then little girls would aspire to be blonde, white, and big chested. I would think this would cause self-esteem problems with little girls and with them not being able to accept themselves how they are .

In other countries like Saudi Arabia, religious police declared Barbies a threat to morality. They claim little girls playing with dolls is not the problem, but a doll such as Barbie should not have a full developed body and be sporting short revealing clothes. Saudi Arabia has very strict rules for females. They must be fully cloaked and no skin must be shown. So it would not surprise me that they would ban a Barbie doll, it is seen as highly inappropriate. However they have a point in saying the Barbies should not be so developed and revealing. It makes me wonder if other toy companies get their ideas from the Barbie concept, as it was such a booming toy and still is. There are some rare yet questionable toys out there that make you wonder what is in the minds of the people who create these things. For example, the pole dancing doll :


http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2009/08/30/pole-dancing-doll-makes-our-heads-spin/

If your thinking its ridiculous, then I agree. What kind of message is being sent to the kids of today's generation and those of future generations?