Life in plastic, it's fantastic?

One of the most powerful quotes from Dorfman throughout this reading was "children's comics are devised by adults, whose work is determined and justified by their idea of what a child is or should be" (112).

This brought me back to CMC 100 because I remembered we talked about the effect of certain types of toys that put a damper on the creativity of children. It prevents them from thinking further and creating scenarios in their minds. When a child handed a doll, they already know what that doll looks like. However, if that child was not provided with a doll, they could come up with one in their minds and make her look however he/she wanted her to look. 

Stemming off from that, the quote I previously mentioned stuck out to me specifically because it is explaining a hegemony. By creating comics or things of similar nature, we are telling children how to look or act. In a way, we are stripping them of their creative nature and personal identity of who they actually want to become. 

Take Barbie for example. This doll gives little girls the impression that beauty is long hair, a skinny waist, and a perfect smile. Little girls can recognize that Barbie is attractive and many aspire to achieve that look. But what's so toxic about this is that we shouldn't want our children to aspire to be something that is unrealistic and unattainable. We are automatically setting them up for downfall.