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The Effects Of Stereotypes On Young Girls

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Girls everywhere want to be like barbie when they grow up. They want the perfect lifestyle of Barbie so they don’t have to worry about anything later on in life. Just about every girl has played with Barbie and think that they are Barbie themselves. Barbie isn’t a good role model to girls because the life Barbie lives in and the one they live in will never be the same. Barbie effects girl's life more than people realize some examples of this are girls want to be tan like Barbie, girls worry about their weight and want to be light like barbie, and the clothing Barbie wears is tight fitting and stereotype.

Girls think that tanning themselves make them look better than they are, so they choose to use a tanning bed or tan in the sun. Both sun tanning and a tanning bed can cause serious side effects such as blistering sunburn and melanoma. “According to researchers at least one person dies from melanoma every 57 minutes.”(LOGOS) Melanoma can be treated by surgery, radiation, medications, and sometimes chemotherapy . None of these processes are easy or simple to achieve and can take long periods of time to work. Also researches state that between 30,000 and 40,000 people have died in 2015 alone from skin cancer.(PATHOS) …show more content…

“Life sized Barbie is 5’9 and 110 lbs. with is considered anorexic for many girls.“(“Barbie: A bad

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