Do Girls Really Want to Look Like Barbie?

"For decades journalists, feminists and social critics have assumed that young girls idolize Barbie dolls. Time magazine's Amy Dickinson claimed that "Women my age know whom to blame for our own self-loathing, eating disorders and distorted body image: Barbie."

In her feminist best-seller "The Beauty Myth," Naomi Wolf claims Barbie is seen as an "ideal" woman. The claim is widely asserted and repeated.

But is it true? "
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