Barbie Games

Barbie's popularity ensures that her effect on children's play draws to a high degree of control. The criticisms are often based on the assumption that children consider Barbie a role model and try to imitate it. • One of the most common criticisms of Barbie is that she promotes an unrealistic idea of ​​body image of a woman young, leading to a risk that girls who try to emulate to become anorexic. A standard Barbie doll is 11.5 inches high, giving a height of 5 feet 9 inches at a scale of 1 / 6. Barbie's vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches or its equivalent in 91 inch chest, 18 inch or 46 inch waist and 33 inches or 84 inches (hips). According to research conducted by the University Central Hospital of Helsinki, Finland, devoid of fat from 17 to 22 percent of the body necessary for a woman to menstruate. In 1963 the whole "Barbie Baby-Sits" came with a book entitled "How to lose weight," which advises: "Do not eat." The same book was included in another group called "Slumber Party" in 1965 along with a pink bathroom scales reading 110 pounds, which would be about 35 pounds below normal weight for a woman 5 feet 9 inches tall.

In 1997 Barbie's body mold was redesigned and given a wider waist, with Mattel saying that this would fit wrist more contemporary fashion designs. • "Red Francie" made its debut in 1967, and is sometimes described as the first African American Barbie doll. However, it was produced using existing molds for Francie doll head white and African-Americans lacked the features apart from a dark skin. The first African-American doll in the Barbie range is usually regarded as Christie, who made his debut in 1968. Black Barbie was launched in 1980, but still had white features. In September 2009, Mattel launched the range So In Style (SIS), which was intended to create a more realistic representation of black people above the wrists. • In July 1992 Mattel released Teen Talk Barbie, which said a number of phrases like "Will we ever have enough clothes?", "! I love shopping!", and "Do you want a pizza party?" Each doll was programmed to say four of the 270 possible phrases, so both wrists could never be the same. One of these 270 phrases was "Math class is tough!" (Often misquoted as "Math is hard").

Although only 1.5% of all the dolls sold said the phrase, led the criticism of the American Association of University Women. In October 1992 Mattel announced that Teen Talk Barbie would no longer the sentence, and offered a swap to anyone who had a doll like that.

• In 1997 Mattel joined forces with Nabisco to launch a cross-promotion of Barbie with Oreo cookies famous. Oreo Fun Barbie was marketed as someone with whom the girls could play after class and share "America's favorite cookie." As had become the custom, Mattel produced both a white version and a black version. Critics argued that the African American community Oreo is a derogatory term meaning that the person is "black on the outside and white inside," like the chocolate sandwich cookie itself. The doll was unsuccessful and Mattel recalled the unsold stock, making it highly sought after by collectors. • In May 1997 Mattel introduced Share a Smile Becky, a doll in a wheelchair pink. Kjersti Johnson, a high school student 17 years old, in Tacoma, Washington with cerebral palsy, said the doll would not fit in the elevator of Barbie's $ 100 Dream House. Mattel announced that it would redesign the house in the future to accommodate the wrist. • In March 2000 are comments in the media claiming that the tough vinyl used Barbie dolls could leak contain toxic chemicals, causing danger for girls who play with them.

The claim was rejected as false by technical experts. A modern Barbie doll has a body made of ABS plastic, while the head is made of soft PVC. • In September 2003, Saudi Arabia banned the sale of Barbie dolls, saying it did not conform to the ideals of Islam. The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice stated "Jewish Barbie dolls, with their revealing clothes and shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of the decadence of the perverted West. Let us beware of her dangers and be careful." In Middle Eastern countries there is an alternative doll called Fulla which is similar to Barbie but is designed to be more acceptable to an Islamic market and not the Mattel Corporation manufactures. Barbie is still available in other Middle Eastern countries, including Egypt. In Iran, Sara and Dara dolls are available as an alternative to Barbie. [30] • In December 2005 Dr. Agnes Nairn at the University of Bath in England published a study suggesting that girls often go through a stage where they hate their Barbie dolls and subject them to a series of punishments , including decapitation and placing the doll in the microwave.

Dr. Nairn said: "It's like ignoring Barbie is a rite of passage and a rejection of their past." • In April 2009, the launch of Totally Tattoo Barbie with a series of tattoos that could be applied to wrist, including a lower back tattoo, leading to disputes. Mattel promotional material read: "Customize the fashions and apply fun and temporary tattoos you too", but Ed Mayo, chief executive of Consumer Focus, argued that girls want to be permanently tattooed as well. • In December 2010, the FBI considered that the release of the Video Girl Barbie could be dangerous from the digital camera on the chest of the doll with the purpose of shooting and / or even 30 minutes of recording that can be played on the wrist or downloaded through a USB cable to a computer, due to the large number of pedophiles who could use this article for purposes of recording and marketing of child pornography. But Mattel was mentioned that many of the employees of the company are also parents and always considered the importance of child safety, said that without doubt this was the number one priority taken into account in the manufacture of toys . • In June 2011, Greenpeace reported that Mattel, the maker of Barbie, used in packaging cardboard dolls supplied by the company Asia Pulp & Paper, accused of being responsible for the deforestation of the rainforests Indonesia.





Barbie Games