feminismfreedomfighters: toughlittleredhead: bemyforeverx3: If Barbie was an actual woman, she would be 5’9” tall, have a 39” bust, an 18” waist, 33” hips and a size 3 shoe. • Barbie calls this a “full figure” and likes her weight at 110 lbs. • At 5’9” tall and weighing 110 lbs, Barbie would have a BMI of 16.24 and fit the weight criteria for anorexia. She likely would not menstruate. • If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions. • Slumber Party Barbie was introduced in 1965 and came with a bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs with a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” with directions inside stating simply “Don’t eat.” Why don’t they just hand girls pamphlets saying “You’re ugly and you will never look good enough”? It’d be more efficient. Pretty much. I’m determined to stop my niece from falling into the same trap that nearly all young girls do these days. 
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feminismfreedomfighters:

toughlittleredhead:

bemyforeverx3:

If Barbie was an actual woman, she would be 5’9” tall, have a 39” bust, an 18” waist, 33” hips and a size 3 shoe.

• Barbie calls this a “full figure” and likes her weight at 110 lbs.

• At 5’9” tall and weighing 110 lbs, Barbie would have a BMI of 16.24 and fit the weight criteria for anorexia. She likely would not menstruate.

• If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

• Slumber Party Barbie was introduced in 1965 and came with a bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs with a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” with directions inside stating simply “Don’t eat.”

Why don’t they just hand girls pamphlets saying “You’re ugly and you will never look good enough”? It’d be more efficient.

Pretty much. I’m determined to stop my niece from falling into the same trap that nearly all young girls do these days. 

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