Influence of Barbie Doll movies on women in Pakistan
This research was done to check the influence of Barbie movies among youth. As most of the time the portrayal of women, even in the face of Barbie is feeble, submissive, oppressed and dependent. Feminism and the presentation of women is a vast perspective. The study revealed that there is women empowerment through Barbie movies and Barbie and women itself is not a symbol of sexism but a pronounced and considerable character of our life with broader ascendancy. For all the three questions of women empowerment the total percentage were more towards agreement i.e.; 45%, moderate 26%, disagree 13%, strongly agree 7.6%, while strongly disagree 5.3%. Youth is leaner towards its positive aspect rather than negativity. Some other aspects like, content analysis of those Barbie movies can be done, which are presenting more independent and empowered Barbies, or scenes can analyze that content is related to feminism.
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Barbie Movies, Women Empowerment, Delusional Concepts, Vigorous, Youth
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(1) Hira Ahmad
MPhil Scholars, SMCS, UMT, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ahmad, H. (2020). Influence of Barbie Doll movies on women in Pakistan. Global Multimedia Review, III(I), 52-64. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmmr.2020(III-I).05
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CHICAGO : Ahmad, Hira. 2020. "Influence of Barbie Doll movies on women in Pakistan." Global Multimedia Review, III (I): 52-64 doi: 10.31703/gmmr.2020(III-I).05
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TURABIAN : Ahmad, Hira. "Influence of Barbie Doll movies on women in Pakistan." Global Multimedia Review III, no. I (2020): 52-64. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmmr.2020(III-I).05