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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

Has playing Barbies as a child affected who you are today?

"Yes. I used to make Barbie and Ken have sex. Ken was always domina[n]t and Barbie was the submissive one. Now when I have sex, I want to be the submissive one."


-Roxanne, 17, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Canada

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