Barbies

When I was little, I was the baby girl of my huge family of mostly boys. So whenever my birthday or holidays came around, I would get a Barbie from everybody. I absolutely loved them, whenever my mom would want me to try harder when I was learning how to swim, she would bribe me with Barbie dolls. I would sit in the car ride home and open up the box, and sit with the doll (and bite her hands off, I don’t know why...) I vaguely even remember one day my mother and I decided to count all the Barbies I had, I was probably seven and I had over 100 Barbie dolls. Of course I ended up giving most of my dolls to my younger cousins later, and now my six year old sister plays with my old doll house and Barbies. Sometimes my mom will tell me to help my sister clean up and whenever I clean the Barbies, I secretly sometimes change their clothes to make them look nice. I can’t imagine my childhood without Barbies, I loved them so much and so does my sister.

People always seem to wonder about Barbie and the ethics/ morals behind her existence, but I really don’t see any harm in her. In fact I think that over the years Barbie has evolved over the years just like women have. Barbie doesn’t only come in a housewife form. When I was little had had a Doctor Barbie, a Ballerina Barbie, an Army Barbie and Dentist Barbie, Barbie was anything you wanted her to be, nobody said all girls had to play with her, and nobody said that she had to wear the fanciest clothes, I remember taking Kleenexes to make Barbie look like she’s been stranded on a desert island.

Barbie has also expanded over the years, my sister owns every Barbie movie on DVD, and I’ve watched them all with her, honestly, thought they’re quite cheesy and they all involve annoying singing the moral of each story is very sweet and has a good lesson, they’re also pretty funny. There is also Barbie clothing and accessories and much more.

I truthfully do not see any harm in Barbies, I think that they are one of the most memorable and favourite part of a lot of girls’ childhood. Barbies help girls develop their imagination and just simply have fun.