Life in the Dreamhouse.......
A pathologist's perspective.
I have never been a barbie fan. Partly because of my conservative upbringing and mainly due to the unacceptable, under-dressed barbie fashion image. Barbie dolls were for rich spoiled girls who had nothing better to do except fuss over boys, clothes, hair and makeup. So my reaction to 'Doctor barbie' at a toy store was overwhelming and I couldn't suppress my amusement when my daughter pointed to the doll with the stethoscope and white coat and exclaimed..'Mama!'
Researchers argue that Barbie dolls conveys iconic messages helping to shape the idea in little girls’ minds that looking attractive is all-important. They point to studies supporting the notion that girls who play with barbie dolls are more fashion-centered and less professionally oriented. certain professions are suitable only for men. This notion is subsequently reinforced by movies, television shows, advertisements, and the like, as well as old fashioned friends and relatives.
Barbie has gone from a fashion doll to a real-life barbie this year; she used to be just a toy, but now has gone from a hunk of plastic to a controversial iconic figure.
Here is a selection of quotes from the internet about the world’s favourite fashion doll as a doctor.
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Could playing with fashion dolls limit a girl’s sense of possibility?
A recent study out of Oregon State University has concluded that Barbie may have the potential to do just that.
In the study, an experiment to see how Barbie might influence career choices, girls aged 4 through 7 were randomly assigned to play with one of three toys: fashion Barbie, Dr. Barbie–with lab coat and stethoscope, or the more ambiguously-gendered, handbag-carrying Mrs. Potato Head.After just a few minutes of play time, the girls were asked if they thought they could do any of a list of five traditionally -male- dominated, and five traditionally-female-dominated jobs when they grew up. They were also asked if boys could do those jobs.
The girls who played with Mrs. Potato Head believed they could do any of the jobs the boys could do. The girls who played with Barbie– it didn’t matter if it was fashion Barbie or career Barbie– reported that they could do fewer jobs than boys could do.
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it was a different story for those who played with either Barbie. They “reported fewer careers as future possibilities for themselves than they reported were possible for boys.” In other words, those who played with a Barbie doll “saw fewer future opportunities for themselves.”
“This was true whether the Barbie was dressed as either a fashion model or as a doctor,” Sherman and Zurbriggen add. “It appears that the doll itself trumps the role suggested by the costuming.”
While noting they were surprised by the Doctor Barbie findings, they point out that “adding a doctor coat and a stethoscope” may not have been sufficient “to override the sexualized clues embedded in the outfit.” A Doctor Barbie in plain medical scrubs may have had a different effect. So, presumably, might the realistically proportioned Barbie-like doll which, coincidentally, has just been unveiled by its inventor.
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TIMES : Living Barbie
Doctor Barbie Doesn’t Make Girls Want to Be Doctors
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The 10 Most Depressing Barbie Dolls Ever Made
Psychological disorders. Failed attempts at greatness. Unplanned pregnancies. This chick has issues.
7. Nip/Tuck Barbie
Back story:Things start looking up for Barbie when she’s miraculously accepted to med school (apparently University of Phoenix online college has one of those) and becomes Plastic Surgeon Barbie in 1973.Doctor barbie mobile apps
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Barbie's Plastic Surgery and Beyond: The Worst iPhone Apps for Kids
This week, parents–and anyone else with an iota of common sense–expressed outrage over the discovery of the Barbie Plastic Surgery App,
whose name was soon changed to Barbara for legal reasons. As for
ethical changes? Not so much. The app, rated for kids 9+ (just the age
they should be fretting about their thighs) describes "Barbara" as an
unfortunate girl with so much extra weight that no diet can help her.
Kids are then instructed to go to clinic for liposuction to "make her
slim and beautiful" after which they get to slice up her face
graphically.
I only wish I were kidding.
While there's a ton of buzz about this app which has since been
pulled, we looked into the developer, Corina Rodriguez, and it seems she
(it?) has a whole bunch of soulless, ethically-devoid,
WTF-is-she-thinking children's apps on the app store. They are all free,
and not surprisingly, packed with pop-up ads with every click.
(Update - Jan. 13, 2014: The game has been renamed “Plastic Surgery Barbara” and is available in the iTunes store).
This girl is very beautiful, but she has big problems with her teeth!
Let's eliminate this problem which prevents her from living a normal
life!
Age rating: 4+
Leg & Foot Surgery & Doctor & Hospital Office for Barbie
Barbie got hit by a car this morning and according to her doctor's x-rays she has a broken leg…help Barbie's doctor take the best decision in her case, choosing from the three possible cures the one which seems more appropriate.
Age rating: 9+
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BARBIE AND TV SHOWS
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Dr. Perry Cox (Scrubs Character)
from "Scrubs" (2001)
- And Barbie... say, if it's cold in there, you can just borrow my lab coat; it's super warm because I lined it with these... ta-daaa! [opens his coat...]
- Barbie, are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Dr Pepper is a doctor?
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Doctor Who blogging: “Cold War”
Mon Apr 15 2013 Random thoughts on “Cold War”:Why does the Doctor carry a Barbie doll around with him?
And why is he this happy to get it back? Is this one of those things that no one else is supposed to be able to handle knowing about the Doctor?
BARBIE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
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Doctor Barbie
The only reason I go through this awful torture every semester is because I know I'll be insanely wealthy when I'm done
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Life Sciences & Awesome Phenomena of Nature
Donate Blood With Barbie
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