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Subliminally Damaging Body Images I. Attention Getting Device A. “She’s one sixth the size of a human and packs both a powerful economic and sociological punch. Mention her name and everyone in the room has an opinion. She’s been accused of adding to the growing epidemic of anorexia and warping both male and female expectations of body image. Yet, every girl in America longs to own her, dress her and play with her hair. Her name is Barbie… Barbie was created by Ruth Handler, who based her loosely on a sexy (even sleazy) German doll named Lilli originally marketed to men.” (Moore-Henecke, 1). II. Introduction A. When I was growing up, Barbie dolls were my FAVORITE thing to play with. I had too many to count with suitcases full of their clothes and a basement full of their “necessities”. There was never work in their world, yet somehow they always had more than enough money. The lives I made up for them were always glamorous and exciting and surrounded around beauty. B. For many decades there has been a running debate as to if Barbie actually has an affect on youthful girls’ images of themselves and to what extent the effect goes. C. I am not an extreme feminist (or much of a feminist at all)… I