Why Boys Don T Play With Dolls Analysis

Jennifer Livingston’s response to the hurtful email that was unjustifiably attacking her body image proved that there is people in this world capable of belittling others by bulling them simply by hurtful words. Most women suffer from body image and as Jennifer stated it is a growing problem in society and many children do not know how to deal with bullying which may lead them into unhealthy behaviors such as depression which could lead them into over eating to feel comfort or possibly not eating at all. According to the short story “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls,” (1995) By Katha Pollitt shows how from the moment we are born we are pushed into an image, such as when babies are born we identify females by putting them into pink clothing and males into blue. As time goes by girls tend to still play with dolls and boys play with toy trucks and shouldn’t be playing with dolls like Barbie’s. Many think that Barbie portrays a negative image on females from a young age as “Barbie represents being sexy, thin, stylish” (paragraph 6), as girls get older they already have expectations to fulfill such as physically looking a certain way, having their hair a certain length and doing there make up perfectly. This usually causes girls to be self

Even the most attractive, I’m willing to bet, had suffered over her body’s failure to fit the impossible American ideal” (paragraph 6). Women for years have been portrayed negatively through media, either by having an unrealistic body figure or facial features. Many people do not realize the power of photo shop and how it can drastically change one’s appearance to look a certain way. Most girls do not see that the models don’t actually look the way they do in the pictures. Although an individual may be confident about who they are, there is a grantee that they still have insecurities about them selves and are truly frustrated with their