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A massive Barbie online poll has finished and the results of the new look Barbie is in, News Anchor Barbie and of course Computer Engineer Barbie. Is this a good thing to do or another plan to draw more people into buying the doll?
One of the main points to focus in on is the fact that I do not think I have ever come across a computer engineer that looks and talks like Barbie. You do not expect the typical, annoying blonde girl to be able to crack on with the tasks that a computer engineer can manage. This isn’t to say that they cannot do it but on the whole you do not expect it. Is this not just really insulting for the women working in the industry at the moment.
Every little girl that buys the doll is now going to think that women in the industry talk and look like this. A parents comment is as followed “This is insulting, Barbie already creates unrealistic expectations of what a girl should be”. The last time I checked geeks were not into the superficiality of Barbie so how is it that this geeky doll received so many votes? In my own personal opinion I do think that this is a good idea at all, when was the last time you saw a woman in the IT business wearing very poor pink Glasses Frames.
Is having a doll like this a good thing, surely people will be thinking more of geeks with their favourite doll dressed like one. Is this doll going to reduce the bullying that the geeks get, it could do.
All in all I think that this doll has just outraged the women working in the industry more than anything, who wants to see Barbie in another pair of Cheap Glasses anyway? Barbie should stick to her Prada Glasses and stop getting in on the industries that do not want her. So Barbie why do you not get back on your lovely horse and ride off into the amazing sunset you have with Ken!
Tags: barbie, it, Kids, toys
Posted in Kids · March 4th, 2010 · Comments (0)