[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Yes, beside the cheap sexist version of the initial doll, it’s the predominant ugly pink which is so hard to get used to… but some people like it. No female gets pumped up breasts and high heeled mules for other females. Nor would she suffer like that for herself. Initial Barbie represented a pathetic image of trying to please males. Some people say it’s empowerment, well, personally I don’t think that looking like a hooker is female empowerment. I think it’s more like a desperate attempt, at any cost, to get male attention. But that’s just me. My sister-in-law, a very proper, very British, lady turned her livingroom and dining room into various versions of Barbie pink.

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