Saturday, October 04, 2008

What next??

An experiment demonstrated with children ages 6-13 on the affects of negative media advertisement as to 'What is beautiful?' was absolutely shocking. I was horrified to see what results it produced. The kids were asked to pick an outfit to wear, out of many both suitable for children and some a little more outrageous.
A six year old girl picked a top that had written on the front 'Sexy'.
When asked if she new what the word meant she replied, 'It means that boys like you'.
Scary isn't it?

At work the other day, I catch a glimpse of a new barbie doll 'Top model' addition. Complete with a mini shirt that was sickly short, fishnet stockings, a shirt the size of a bandanna, high heels and overdone makeup. Ages 6+.
Yeah right!! She looked like she should be on a street corner, and this is what the market is selling to our children.
I'm disgusted.

I grew up with barbie dolls, and now I can't even look at half of them.
Something so innocent, has been destroyed. What next???

1 Comments:

Blogger ROSA E OLIVIER said...

Interesting!...and for you...

"love is the one who masters all things."

Mawlãnã Rumi.

October 04, 2008 12:22 PM  

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