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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.



Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Did you have Ken dolls? How did male dolls act in relation to your female dolls?

"I had Ken dolls. But unless they were being used for fake sex (in a humorous way) I was incredibly disinterested in them. They were nearly always at the bottom of my Barbie trunk. I found them unattractive and laughable."


-Melinda, 23, multiracial (Hispanic/Caucasian), bisexual female from Indianapolis, IN, USA

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