Barbie as the Epitome of Beauty

I have to question if the weight of responsibility for this beauty myth falls only on Barbie's tiny plastic shoulders? But of course not! To be fair, Barbie was not the only culprit, I can remember getting dolls whose main purpose was to remove or apply make-up, style hair, or spend fake money with a fake credit cards, as if that's all it meant to be a woman! Barbie had now redefined what is was like to be a feminine in our society. Barbie had taught me that every member of society was living this very same life. I still believe that Barbie reigns as Queen of it all; queen of pink, of porn-star bodies, of tiny designer clothes, and of tiny pink malls. For Example, I remember the lawsuit against Mattel having to change the size of Barbie's breasts, reducing them in size. Barbie living in her pink palace and riding her pink corvette with her molded man Ken. I think that Barbie was an early advocator of the "beauty myth". Society has unconsciously made women focus their attention on their looks, which in my opinion has turned into a social disease. I wonder if things like these cure our North American culture of its beauty myth? Of course not. I think that Barbie has contributed largely to the problem, to the point she may be the root of this situation? I think that more women are identifying their insecurities with their low body image, as a result of this culture. At least some reforms have been attempted.