Barbie Notes

• International product - ideology that barbie is everything a girl should be
• stereotypically 'perfect' girl - thin waist, blonde
• Western ideal of what a woman should look like 
• Barbie only fits white, skinny culture
• Average size is size 16 - Barbie is size 4
• Women objectified - paid £80k to become an object 
• Woman paid to be a sex doll
• Up until a certain age we're expected to play with barbies then after that age we're expected to look like her
• Cultural product sold internationally - young, slim, blonde, makeup 
• Real Life Barbie 
• No dolls that aren't american, teaching children ideologies from a young age, makes them grow up
• suggests being this way will make you happy