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The Barbie Interviews Project intends to start a discussion about how gender roles and societal structures are taught to children through user-submitted anecdotes about Mattel's iconic doll.



Friday, April 29, 2011

Do you think Barbie is a good role model for children?

"No! I don't look like that and I know that the majority of women don't look like that so why would I want my child to think she should look like that? If Barbie were a real person, she would be 6' 0", weigh 100 lbs., and wear a size 4. Her measurements would be 39"/19"/33. That is not healthy and not realistic."


-Loraine, 19, Caucasian, heterosexual, female from the United States

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