You can buy a child a curvy Barbie doll, but you can’t make her play with it. This is the finding of a recent survey, which found that girls as young as 3 were rejecting the curvy doll in favour of the traditional, skeletal one.
Research indicates that weight or shape bias can start as early as 5 years-old and sometimes younger.Alas, it appears to have been in vain for the girls surveyed who were aged between 3 and 10, who said the curvy Barbie was the one they least wanted to play with. Less surprising was the finding that girls with greater body dissatisfaction preferred the thin Barbie.
The reasons, of course, though complex, are connected to our culture’s elevation of one particular body type over others. Research has shown that the more we are exposed to one particular body type, no matter how unattainable or rare, the faster we normalise this body type in our minds, rendering other bodies not just uninspiring but distasteful.
“Be mindful of your language at home,” advises Trinick. “Refrain from labelling foods or appearance as ‘good’ or ‘bad’. And speak kindly about yourself, avoid negative self-talk; children pick up on these messages and will often apply them to their own bodies or appearance. Compliment or acknowledge children for their actions or behaviours, rather than having a focus on their appearance.”
thatnatreilly Let’s ask Homer
thatnatreilly because kids want to play with fantasy not reality. Besides being obese is not attractive for a reason its unhealthy. That's why subconsciously it's rejected.
thatnatreilly Humans have developed over millions of years to know what is attractive and normal and what isn’t, the attempt to manipulate and indoctrinate people, kids on what is normal and/or attractive will never ever work.
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