If barbie were real

This image, is of a life sized barbie doll. It was made by a girl called Galia Slayen who has previously suffered from anorexia. She made this doll in order to show how ridiculous barbie would look if she was a real person. In a chapter on Barbies anthropometry (study of human kind) written by  Jacqueline Urla and Alan C. Swedlund, they come to the conclusion that if barbie was a real person she would be "clinically anorectic to say the least." An article in a BBC news magazine states that: only one in one thousand women would have a figure that is similar to barbies! Some articles even suggest that if barbie were real, she would have to walk on all fours! Whether this is completely true or not, it is obvious that barbie is a completely unrealistic depiction of a woman. It seems ridiculous that this is the doll that young girls are given!

Here's a picture of the model Katie Halchishick that suggests the plastic surgery that she would need to have to look like barbie:

It was featured in the "O magazine", read more about this here. Katie disapproves of the distorted womanly body image that barbie portrays and this photo is to prove her point. 

Isn't this shocking? I think that this model is beautiful and the amount of surgery that she would have to undergo to obtain this plastic, barbie-like beauty is crazy.

So if barbie's body is so unrealistic, why is she the doll that so many children play with? Don't you agree that it is wrong for a child to spend so much time playing with this doll? Her unrealistic, tiny, anorexic body is the one that girls all around the world dress up in little clothes and bring to life. This is so unhealthy for them! Barbie's distorted figure is the one that they become used to and even idolize, wishing to be like her!