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Barbie Dolls: a Plastic or an innate ideal?
By: Michellee Clarke
Barbie isn’t a media creation, but the innate
epitome of a male’s paragon of beauty
Saturday, June 15, 13

Men
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Media Woman’s
Image
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PART ONE

Men has shaped our
thought to believing
that size and image
of a women should
be a resemblance to
the American
beauty doll,
“Barbie”

Question?
What is the ideal size,
does a man or the media have
the right to determine a woman’s
look?

The media provides a significantly influential context
for people to learn about body ideals and the value
placed on being attractive.

Beauty comes in many different sizes,shapes and color.
Increase pressure frommen and the media onwomen’s body as create anincrease in bodydissatisfaction and eating
disorder.

“There is nothing more rare,
nor more beautiful, than a
woman being unapologetically
herself; comfortable in her
perfect imperfection. To me
that is the true essence of
beauty”
-Steve Maraboli

Society has shape the thoughts of
men to believe that the ideal
women is slender with big breast
and buttocks or equally
proportionate body parts, with
long hair, captivating eyes and
succulent lips.
One the other hand, there are
some men who are open minded
and place less emphasis on a
woman’s outward appearance.
Not all men have the same
perception of a woman’s body
image as the media would insist.

2
PART TWO

The increase in dieting
among young women has
been identiﬁed as an
indicator of the onset of
eating disorders such as
anorexia and bulimia
(Fear, Bulik & Sullivan, 1996;
Barker & Galambos, 2003;
Lamb et al., 1993)

VS.Text
Western
Women
Researchers
have
found
that
ongoing
exposure

to
certain
ideas
can
shape
and
distort
our

percep=ons
of
reality.


Commercial media
must create a
fantasy world that
we hope, in some
way, can become
ours. consequently,
magazines,
television, movies
and advertisements
rarely features
women of color as
their stars or on
their covers.
Although
advertising, the
most powerful arm
of the mass media,
is all arounds us,
many of us believe
we can immune
from its effects. This
mistaken belief is
one of the reasons it
is so effective.

PART THREE
3

The beauty industry
spends billions of
dollars a year
convincing women that
they need to look
thinner, younger and
sexier.

Do more women in Western culture have an unhealthy
body image than in other cultures?
In Western culture, media has a huge inﬂuence on
women’s body image. The California subculture —
home to the entertainment industry and so many
beaches — is particularly a problem.

How does the media contribute to an unhealthy body
image?
The whole beauty industry is built on, “You’re not OK
the way you are. We’ll make you better.” It would seem
bizarre to us today, but 50 years ago, when television
was brand new, there were commercials that would say,
“Gain 10 pounds in a week, guaranteed.” Women
bought these products until wafer thin was considered
the best body to have.

“Girls of all kinds can be beautiful — from the thin, plus-sized,
short, very tall, ebony to porcelain skinned, the quirky, clumsy,
shy, outgoing and all in between. It’s not easy though because
many people still put beauty into a confining, narrow box…
Think outside of the box…Pledge that you will look in the mirror
and find the unique beauty in you.”
~Tyra Banks

MICHELLEE K. CLARKE
Thank You

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Article
http://magazine.biola.edu/article/07-‐fall/why-‐do-‐we-‐struggle-‐with-‐beauty-‐and-‐body-‐image/
Quote
“There
is
nothing
more
rare,
nor
more
beautiful,
than
a
woman
being
unapologetically
herself;
comfortable
in
her
perfect
imperfection.
To
me,
that
is
the

true
essence
of
beauty.”

―
Steve
Maraboli,

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