Is Barbie perfect?

I think that people today still think of barbie as the perfect figure. Girls everywhere harm themselves through starvation and other means in an attept to look like a barbie. Models portray this barbie image as they tend to have similar figures as barbie. I don't believe that girls should have to feel the need to make sure they look like barbie, but I'm not going to lie and say there wouldn't be perks. The fact of the matter is, if you look like barbie, more guys will like you. Now, a girl may attract boys for the wrong reasons and she may find it hard to find someone who takes her seriously, but she will attract men. These are the simple basics of attraction. Perhaps they are wrong, but I think it is foolish to think we can change them.

Is Barbie really perfect?

If you were to walk into a mall, or even down a street in a city, you would see many different kinds of people. After reading Cains essay about barbie, i agree that since it was published in 1996 things may have changed a litte bit. In the artice written it says that it is impossible to have the "perfect" body, but in my eyes i believe that modern technology can do anything you want it to. I have seen four hundred pound men, have the right surgery and come down to 180 lbs. Overall i believe that in the past 10 years, things have changed so much that it is not only barbie who causes the ill feelings of body types in our society.

The signature "hourglass figure," is not truly what american teenagers look for in todays society. If given the choice i would say most teenagers in todays world look more towards the "americans top model" type of body type. The idea of skinny, blonde, beautiful model still holds true today, but does not necessarily make the basis of what our society concludes as "perfect." That word may never truly be used in any situation because in my opinion it does not exsit