The Barbie Doll Effect

I read the work on Our Barbies, Ourselves by Emily Prager. This work expresses the feelings Prager has towards Barbie dolls; both as a child and as an adult. Prager describes how Barbie was designed by Jack Ryan, a male who had designed Sparrow and Hawk missiles for the Raytheon Company. She goes on to describe how since Barbie was designed by a man that she “she’d fall flat on her face” due to …

…opposite sex, or even other females who had a view on Barbie. Prager had some strong points about Barbie, but also lacked some facts. Prager left out the possibility that Barbie might have been looked at for her strong positive attitude, and joy she brought upon young girls who really didn’t have any other options for a play thing, and wasn’t looked upon by everyone as the problem with today’s modern woman.