Monday, November 5, 2007
Barbie
Cain's article is still very true today. Although things seem to be improving with models having to have a weight limit, and plus size ad campaigns, the issue is still there. There is still a craze to obtain the perfect body. Everyday when you turn on the television there is am add for a dieting pill, or a new new make-up, or a fitness commercial. All these things are feeding into the thought that young girls could be better looking. In today's day and age, no one is ever happy with where they are at, and the same was true in 1996 when this article was written. I believe that the only thinking that has changed between now and then is that people are more aware of this problem and are doing more things to help try and fix it.
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Women today are just as physically self-conscious of their body than they were in 1996. Today, women may not be as obsessed with Barbie as they are with models and young actresses, but they are still self-conscious about their body. Barbie may have swayed the minds of women in the past, but now media is displaying how women are "supposed" to look. There are many different stories on the news about the importance of diets and being thin.
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