After reading a newspaper article, “We’re not all Barbie“, we thought it would be interesting to test whether females could actually have the same proportions as a Barbie.  In today’s world too many girls feel that it is necessary to have a perfect body.  They are too focused on their body image which can create many emotional and physical problems.  Females are influenced by all types of media, including the original Barbie.

 

We designed an experiment that would allow us to compare the proportions of females of various heights to the proportions of a Barbie.  We hoped to prove that trying to appear like a “Barbie” is impossible.

 

We found female volunteers of all body types and ages.  After taking each volunteer’s measurements, the measurements were compared to a chart containing the scale factor measurements of Barbie to various heights.  We were unable to find even one female that closely compared.

 

Based on these results, females should realize that trying to compare their bodies to the perfect images that the media uses can only lead to frustration as it is virtually impossible to “measure up”.