Comments on: Dora Makeover another Blow to Girl's Body Image? http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/ The Official Blog of Dr. Robyn Silverman Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:30:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Lauren Ruiz http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 Lauren Ruiz Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:18:03 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1725 well i think that Dora was a cool Latina for younger kids who wanted to learn another language and if she can teach them a language n her on she can make them dress diffrent to thats not right they need to keep Dora DORA not a teen or anything like that at all well i think that Dora was a cool Latina for younger kids who wanted to learn another language
and if she can teach them a language
n her
on she can make them dress diffrent to
thats not right
they need to keep Dora
DORA
not a teen or anything like that at all

]]> By: Kristen Bishop http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1461 Kristen Bishop Fri, 29 May 2009 13:09:35 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1461 There are plenty of characters that are wholesome for tweens, but they are all "girly". How many smart, energetic, adventurous, Latina, tomboys are there? I am a librarian in a small school in Maine and very few of the tween girls I have in class dress like the new Dora. In fact, the girls are more likely to wear dresses in first and second grade then in older grades. There are a fair number of tomboys out there - don't they deserve someone to represent them in the media? Dora is a soft tomboy. Girls who are not tomboys can still identify with her and yet she is not too overtly feminine to alienate her male viewers. The whole concept of changing the eye and hair color is creepy. As a 6th grade boy commented during our exploration on the topic ,"that is so stupid! She is a Mexican -that is who she is." However I also see that the fave website of the 2nd grade is the site that allows you to change the eye color, hair color, and clothes of different characters. So i get the marketing potential. It's still icky. Let's face it-creating a new generation of insecure(no one will ever be be as thin as the new Dora) girls, who will use shopping and body altering cosmetics and surgery as a panacea, will be far more lucrative to the marketing moguls. Would the old Dora worry about the color of her clothes or even her weight?She didn't have the time to waste on that. The new Dora embodies a stereotypical focus on fashion and looks that boys actually look down on. The boys in my class were unanimous in their disdain for the new Dora." She's like 'oh my God, I broke a nail'",commented one boy. Great-imprint more girls with crazy ideas that cause boys to look down on them. That's healthy. So , how can we start an alternative media that let's kids be hip and cool and immune to the pressure to all be the same? It's okay to have some really fem girls ,I just would like to see more of the norm and then some of the girls who are tom boys -maybe even some that are even more tomboyish than Dora. That is what our kids are really like, aren't they. Can we create a new cast of characters?Can we start a cartoon that questions some of the images that bombard our kids? Well, I am hoping that I can at least get my students to think about this issue. that's a start. There are plenty of characters that are wholesome for tweens, but they are all “girly”. How many smart, energetic, adventurous, Latina, tomboys are there? I am a librarian in a small school in Maine and very few of the tween girls I have in class dress like the new Dora. In fact, the girls are more likely to wear dresses in first and second grade then in older grades. There are a fair number of tomboys out there – don’t they deserve someone to represent them in the media? Dora is a soft tomboy. Girls who are not tomboys can still identify with her and yet she is not too overtly feminine to alienate her male viewers. The whole concept of changing the eye and hair color is creepy. As a 6th grade boy commented during our exploration on the topic ,”that is so stupid! She is a Mexican -that is who she is.” However I also see that the fave website of the 2nd grade is the site that allows you to change the eye color, hair color, and clothes of different characters. So i get the marketing potential. It’s still icky. Let’s face it-creating a new generation of insecure(no one will ever be be as thin as the new Dora) girls, who will use shopping and body altering cosmetics and surgery as a panacea, will be far more lucrative to the marketing moguls. Would the old Dora worry about the color of her clothes or even her weight?She didn’t have the time to waste on that. The new Dora embodies a stereotypical focus on fashion and looks that boys actually look down on. The boys in my class were unanimous in their disdain for the new Dora.” She’s like ‘oh my God, I broke a nail’”,commented one boy. Great-imprint more girls with crazy ideas that cause boys to look down on them. That’s healthy. So , how can we start an alternative media that let’s kids be hip and cool and immune to the pressure to all be the same? It’s okay to have some really fem girls ,I just would like to see more of the norm and then some of the girls who are tom boys -maybe even some that are even more tomboyish than Dora. That is what our kids are really like, aren’t they. Can we create a new cast of characters?Can we start a cartoon that questions some of the images that bombard our kids? Well, I am hoping that I can at least get my students to think about this issue. that’s a start.

]]> By: See Dick and Jane Bedoop « Coolbeans http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 See Dick and Jane Bedoop « Coolbeans Wed, 27 May 2009 02:02:02 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1457 [...] kid has an evolving playlist of shows, dominated at different times by Teletubbies, the Wiggles, a pre-sexy Dora, and Kim Possible. It took a long time before they discovered commercials. When we travel, there is [...] [...] kid has an evolving playlist of shows, dominated at different times by Teletubbies, the Wiggles, a pre-sexy Dora, and Kim Possible. It took a long time before they discovered commercials. When we travel, there is [...]

]]> By: See Dick and Jane Bedoop @ Technology News http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 See Dick and Jane Bedoop @ Technology News Tue, 26 May 2009 15:15:17 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1459 [...] kid has an evolving playlist of shows, dominated at different times by Teletubbies, the Wiggles, a pre-sexy Dora, and Kim Possible. It took a long time before they discovered commercials. When we travel, there is [...] [...] kid has an evolving playlist of shows, dominated at different times by Teletubbies, the Wiggles, a pre-sexy Dora, and Kim Possible. It took a long time before they discovered commercials. When we travel, there is [...]

]]> By: ANN http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 ANN Sun, 03 May 2009 19:34:16 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1463 some parents are CRAZY. Your kids are not going to become whores because of a stupid cartoon on nick. They will become whores if you aren't involved in their lives OR if you are TOO involved in their lives and suppress their sexuality when they hit puberty and teach them that sex (femininity/masculinity) is evil when it's natural and it should be treated with respect. I bet you a billion dollars parents wouldn't have gotten this upset if they saw a popular male character look 7-9 instead of 3-5. What about Rugrats? they grew up too. No one freaked out then. What about Ben 10? he grew up no one freaked out. Dora doesn't even have tits on her for christ sake! She looks like she got her clothes from Walmart and has lip gloss on. How is that sexed up? She looks more feminine, but is that a sin? What is this, the middle east? Insane... some parents are CRAZY. Your kids are not going to become whores because of a stupid cartoon on nick. They will become whores if you aren’t involved in their lives OR if you are TOO involved in their lives and suppress their sexuality when they hit puberty and teach them that sex (femininity/masculinity) is evil when it’s natural and it should be treated with respect.

I bet you a billion dollars parents wouldn’t have gotten this upset if they saw a popular male character look 7-9 instead of 3-5. What about Rugrats? they grew up too. No one freaked out then. What about Ben 10? he grew up no one freaked out. Dora doesn’t even have tits on her for christ sake! She looks like she got her clothes from Walmart and has lip gloss on. How is that sexed up? She looks more feminine, but is that a sin? What is this, the middle east?

Insane…

]]> By: ANN http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1462 ANN Sun, 03 May 2009 19:18:02 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1462 LOL, So, let me get this straight... Parents are freaking out about Dora because she looks a little older and prettier? And if you're older and a little prettier that means you're SEXING UP a cartoon? SO, I guess that means these parents want their kids to be watching toddler dora until they're 13 or something? LOL, So, let me get this straight… Parents are freaking out about Dora because she looks a little older and prettier? And if you’re older and a little prettier that means you’re SEXING UP a cartoon? SO, I guess that means these parents want their kids to be watching toddler dora until they’re 13 or something?

]]> By: sheldon http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 sheldon Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:47:48 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1466 Why do we want to show are kids that we have to be sexy? Dora is an explorer right? Not a sex model! maybe thats the reason kids like her because she's realistic and and doesn't portray sex like everything else in our world. This is just another reason our children are so messed up, spending all there money on make-up and botox and plastic surgery. We should be teaching our children that it does not matter how they look, I thought it was on the inside that matters? isn't that kinda racist to judge Dora on her appearance? If you turn Dora into a sexy model just remember that models are one step under strippers and strippers are one step under prostitutes, and I won't let my children be a part of that! Why do we want to show are kids that we have to be sexy? Dora is an explorer right? Not a sex model! maybe thats the reason kids like her because she’s realistic and and doesn’t portray sex like everything else in our world. This is just another reason our children are so messed up, spending all there money on make-up and botox and plastic surgery. We should be teaching our children that it does not matter how they look, I thought it was on the inside that matters? isn’t that kinda racist to judge Dora on her appearance? If you turn Dora into a sexy model just remember that models are one step under strippers and strippers are one step under prostitutes, and I won’t let my children be a part of that!

]]> By: jujyju http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 jujyju Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:29:50 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1465 They are not replacing the original Dora; she will continue and remain as is. They are just creating an older, still wholesome, Dora for older kids who would probably not be watching the original anymore; younger kids can continue to watch the original. Obviously you prefer that your tweens watch Lohan, Britney, and all the other trash on tv rather than conceiving that its ok for Dora to grow up and still maintain the same wholesome image. Additionally, her look is more demure than anything eight to twelve year olds wear these days, for god's sake its only a tunic, leggings, flats, and some accessories, oh an god forbid she wears her hair long and down. They are not replacing the original Dora; she will continue and remain as is. They are just creating an older, still wholesome, Dora for older kids who would probably not be watching the original anymore; younger kids can continue to watch the original. Obviously you prefer that your tweens watch Lohan, Britney, and all the other trash on tv rather than conceiving that its ok for Dora to grow up and still maintain the same wholesome image. Additionally, her look is more demure than anything eight to twelve year olds wear these days, for god’s sake its only a tunic, leggings, flats, and some accessories, oh an god forbid she wears her hair long and down.

]]> By: Lizzie http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Lizzie Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:09:17 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1464 I don't know any preteens who are interested in Dora. They shouldn't change Dora's appearance. I don’t know any preteens who are interested in Dora.
They shouldn’t change Dora’s appearance.

]]> By: justine http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/dora-makeover-another-blow-to-girls-body-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1460 justine Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:23:00 +0000 http://kissmyassets.wordpress.com/?p=402#comment-1460 I agree!! I just signed a petition against it. I agree!! I just signed a petition against it.

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