Annotated Bibliography Dittmar, Helga, Emma Halliwell, and Suzanne Ive. “Does Barbie make Girls Want to be Thin? The Effect of Experimental Exposure to Images of Dolls on the Body Image of 5-to 8-Year-Old 42.2 (2006): 283-92. Developmental psychology Girls”. Web. 17 Jan. 2014. ProQuest. Helga Dittmar, Emma Halliwell and Suzanne Ive draws on a close study of Barbie and to how it is possible for young girls’ have body dissatisfaction. All three authors’ outlines some fundamental assumptions that supports the struggles girls go through when have played with a Barbie doll. The article will explain how girls who are they’ve exposed to Barbie can be reported to have low body esteem due to their desire to have the ideal body. However, the immediate effect of a Barbie doll was not present on adolescent girls and this implies if cease to the damage provide an “ideal” role model such as Barbie, has been done as early exposure to the doll will damage girls self esteem which would lead to body image dissatisfaction. I am considering this material because it showcases how Barbie and body image have a negative impact on young girls. It is causing young girls to believe that in order to be beautiful; you have be this body woman in order for you to be happy and “thin” successful in life. I intend to showcase and use this information to show how children are being taught to look after their looks and be like Barbie. I can relate this to Lippard where she claims that we are not aware of being put in our subconscious (395) and this what’s is how society instill ideas of what we should look like as children has no idea they are picking up gender roles.
Annotated Bibliography Dittmar, Helga, Emma Halliwell, and Suzanne Ive. “Does Barbie make Girls Want to be Thin? The Effect of Experimental Exposure to Images of Dolls on the Body Image of 5-to 8-Year-Old Girls”. Developmental psychology 42.2 (2006): 283-92. ProQuest. Web. 17 Jan. 2014. Helga Dittmar, Emma Halliwell and Suzanne Ive draws on a close study of Barbie and how it is possible for young girls’ to have body dissatisfaction. All three authors’ outlines some fundamental assumptions that supports the struggles girls go through when they’ve have played with a Barbie doll. The article will explain how girls who are exposed to Barbie can be reported to have low body esteem due to their desire to have the ideal body. However, the immediate effect of a Barbie doll was not present on adolescent girls and this implies if cease to provide an “ideal” role model such as Barbie, the damage has been done as early exposure to the doll will damage girls self esteem which would lead to body image dissatisfaction. I am considering this material because it showcases how Barbie and body image have a negative impact on young girls. It is causing young girls to believe that in order to be beautiful; you have be this “thin” body woman in order for you to be happy and successful in life. I intend to showcase and use this information to show how children are being taught to look after their looks and be like Barbie. I can relate this to Lippard where she claims that we are not aware of what’s being put in our subconscious (395) and this is how society instill ideas of what we should look like as children has no idea they are picking up gender roles.
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