Ever since we are little girls, in America, we are taught what is beautiful. We are not only taught this expectation but are expected to fulfill it. This beauty standard is nearly impossible to fulfill. If one examines the Barbie doll, a classic representation of ideal beauty, the impractical nature of this beauty standard is easily reviled. “Researchers generating a computer model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions found that her back would be too weak to support the weight of her upper body, and her body would be too narrow to contain more than half a liver and a few centimeters of bowel. A real woman built that way would suffer from chronic diarrhea and eventually die from malnutrition. Jill Barad, president of Mattel (which manufactures Barbie) estimated that 99% of girls aged 3 to 10 years old own at least one Barbie doll”. However impossible this beauty may be, Barbie is still who many compare themselves to.
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