Barbie made Ken spend money on her
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Golden Books is launching the Barbie Diary of the Decade series. Some people take a dim view of the amazingly proportioned doll.
Nevertheless, Barbiephobes still accuse her of teaching little girls to see women primarily as sex objects and shoppers. Exhibit A might be a board game called “Barbie’s Dream Date.” It’s a timed competition in which, Lord writes, “each player’s mission is to make Ken spend as much money as possible on her before the clock strikes 12.” Yet Barbie has also starred in a game called “We Girls Can Do Anything.”
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