Is Barbie Ever Be The Enemy - 1255 Words

One may ask themselves, how can Barbie ever be the enemy. She is the top selling doll in the world, her franchise is worth over a billion dollars, and 99% of girls from the ages three to eleven has owned a Barbie doll according to (Barbie Media). Also, recent studies have shown that the average American girl between the ages of three to eleven owns ten Barbie dolls, according to â€Å"Barbie† by Sara Pendergast. So, what has led to so much controversy towards the beloved Barbie. Well, the major obsession regarding female’s exterior appearance and self-esteem is playing a huge role and Barbie is to be blamed. The power of Barbie over young female’s self-esteem, has a lot more impact than the president himself. When one enters a discussion about†¦show more content†¦According to National Eating Disorders, â€Å"The rate of development of new cases of eating disorders have increased since the 1950’s†. Also, â€Å"In U.S., 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a significant eating disorder sometime in their life.† Which includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. As well as Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness reporting the statics that â€Å"currently 70 million people worldwide suffer from eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia and about 90 percent of those with eating disorders are young women between the ages of 12 and 25†. Also, to remember that these are the same women that grew up playing with a Barbie doll or two when they were a little girl. These same women that grew up playing with Barbie are at an extremely high risk to be effected with an eating disorder due to so many years being associated with Bar bie. 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