A West Virginia delegate, Jeff Eldridge, wants to ban Barbie from the state. He's trying to pass legislation to stop sales of Barbie dolls in West Virginia. His reasoning is that toys, with the emphasis on Barbie dolls, have a tendency to glorify physical beauty over brains and leaves young girls with negative body issues. I have two comments on this:
1) How about we try to pass legislation to SAVE THE ECONOMY.
2) Why are girls treated like delicate creatures?
Yeah, yeah. I realize that there probably is some kind of issue with body image when we open magazines or look at too-thin models. But, come on. No matter what, women are always going to have some sort of body issues because that's part of evolution. We have to look good to attract a mate. And brains play a part, too.
But why aren't we passing legislation to ban sales of wrestling action figures? Why aren't we concerned about the negative body issues that poses for young boys? After all, they are never going to get abs that ripped.
Maybe all this emphasis on trying to protect us poor, helpless women only adds to the problem. Because of Eldridge, we think that Barbie is causing body image issues, and that makes us more sensitive to our own body. I'm not saying we ignore real issues that might be out there, but let's not make them worse.
And if we are, then let's do it for both genders, because those real issues don't just affect women.
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WV legislators had to realize proposing a Barbie ban would cause a big media stir but, then again, maybe this was strategic...
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