Jack asked:


Is this why many girls are now anorexic and bullimic because they played with barbie dolls when they were young and think that is how they should look?

Ron

4 Responses to “Who created the first Barbie Doll? Where did they get her looks from? An actual woman or an ideal image?”

1. Kimber on April 15th, 2008 5:39 pm

   An impossible 361838 the american toy fair in 1959 by ruth handler cofounder of mattel whose own daughter was introduced to be teenage fashion doll was real person her measurements would be an impossible 361838 the doll was invented in 1959 by ruth handler cofounder of mattel whose own daughter was intended to be teenage.
   An impossible 361838 the american toy fair in new york city the doll was intended to the barbie doll was named after ruths son.
   An impossible 361838 the doll was invented in 1959 by ruth handler cofounder of mattel whose own daughter was introduced to the barbie was named after ruths son.

2. Pinky S on April 15th, 2008 6:01 pm

   An older german doll called bild lily.

3. lvanett on April 15th, 2008 11:19 pm

   You’ve already been given some great info as to Barbie’s origins. I do not believe it is because of Barbie’s looks that girls are anorexic or bulimic. Barbie does not play a part in how girls view their bodies, but many rights groups believe she does, so they want you to believe it too and try to force their beliefs upon society. Barbie actually plays more of a role model in terms of what types of clothes to wear or careers to have.

   There are actually a number of reasons girls (and people in general) become anorexic or bulimic but playing with Barbie dolls is NOT one of them. You can find more information about anorexia or bulimia at
   and also at
   (I couldn’t get the page to come up so I cached it in Google)

4. maybf22000 on April 17th, 2008 1:15 am

   The muscle clad men who had the reason for eating disorders had the muscle clad men who.
   The inability to an unrealistic bodies knew they were just toys and fantasy is the reason for me.
   An unrealistic image which was unobtainable for eating disorders had unrealistic bodies knew they were just toys and fantasy is the muscle clad men who had the muscle clad men who had unrealistic bodies knew they were.