Ban Barbie Dolls?

http://www.wpxi.com/news/18845355/detail.html#-

I agree with the logic that we shouldn't be teaching young girls to place such an emphasis on beauty alone, but, well, who here has seen Equilibrium?

this crap again?

If it was that bad, don't buy them for your kids. yet millions of WOMEN buy them for their daughters

HEY, Barbie has been a vet and a wide range of other highly inteligent professions. And they are far better than the sluttastic Bratz.

bratz went out of business.....YAY!

Man, am I glad my kid didn't get into the Bratz dolls. Barbie may be an unreachable ideal but Bratz sluttiness is unfortunately attainable. IMHO that's worse.

BRATZ is gone? I guess the live-action movie bankrupted them?

hums "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead"

As the father of two daughters who grew up during that time, I hated the BRATZ with the white-hot fury of a thousand suns. I caved on the Disney stuff, but I held my ground on those consumer-frenzied "attainable sluts".

Yeah, something about the inventor of Bratz designed them when he still worked for Mattel. They sued & won, and put him out of business.

I told my wife that if my daughter ever got a Bratz doll as a gift, it would be deposited in the trash before all of the wrapping paper came off. If the gifter was there to witness it, all the better.

Actually, my daughters never even wanted them, so I didn't even have to put my foot down. You know a toy is bad when even 9-year-old girls tell you that they are disgusted by how tacky it is.

Like West Virginia has a reputation of high intellect as a whole. I also notice they place an emphasis on beauty. Barbie is over 50 years old (and still hot I might add) and she has influenced an entire generation of girls and boys. I don’t see every woman with unusually large breasts, tiny waists dating only guys named Ken. I also don’t see guys dating only girls with those same attributes. By Democratic Delegate Jeff Eldridge’s standards if West Virginia had more Barbie dolls they would be considered smarter and more attractive.

If you are from West Virginia and are offended by my rant please feel free to express your displeasure during the next election and remove this gentleman from office.

Apparently you can now give Barbie a tramp stamp:

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92343?fp=1

I am disappointed that Tattoo Barbie only comes with stars, hearts and butterflies. I would like to see a broader range of art available. You know, good stuff like the grim reaper with his cowl made of fire and he's reaching out to you holding a copy of the BOCs Agents of Fortune album.

Hey!! I just learned Barbie has a real name, I thought barbie was it.

Barbara Milsen Roberts.

Damn folks, I'm ready for Jeapordy!!!

It ain't the doll, it's how she's presented. Kind of like if your daughter dresses like a slut, she'll be treated like one. You can also go to the other extreme:

Jensenman wrote: Man, am I glad my kid didn't get into the Bratz dolls. Barbie may be an unreachable ideal but Bratz sluttiness is unfortunately attainable. IMHO that's worse.

Plus it makes girl seem inferior if they don't have abnormally large heads.

I took heat from a fellow (woman) sailor who noticed the Barbie doll head on the front of my boat. OK, she did have a black eye and tarted up in greenish make up, but she was only there as a telltale in light air. Her hair was very soft and flexible.

Dan

One of our rallyX teams had a barbie impaled on their antennae. I always thought it would have been funnier to pose her like a pole dancer on it.

EastCoastMojo wrote: I am disappointed that Tattoo Barbie only comes with stars, hearts and butterflies. I would like to see a broader range of art available. You know, good stuff like the grim reaper with his cowl made of fire and he's reaching out to you holding a copy of the BOCs Agents of Fortune album.

OMG. I think you're the only other woman on Earth I could consider being married to, besides my current (and only) wife. Extra Terrestrial Intelligence FTW!

EastCoastMojo wrote: One of our rallyX teams had a barbie impaled on their antennae. I always thought it would have been funnier to pose her like a pole dancer on it.

If I hadn't removed the antenna from my race car, I'd do that. Brilliant.

Hey wait...my truck still has an antenna. (heads to Ebay to look for cheap Barbie doll)