Two sexist symbols of waning cultural relevance joined forces this week when Barbie graced the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. It was the perfect match: Both the doll and the swimsuit issue have been derided by feminists for presenting an unattainable standard of feminine beauty. My Barbie had a red sports car she drove; Ken rode shotgun. And she had a pretty hot sex life. It involved a lot of plastic dry-humping. This is one of the rarely acknowledged benefits of a doll mostly singled out for her downsides: Barbie is a safe way for girls to explore dangerously adult concepts like sexuality. Yet when I look back at my own Barbie-influenced youth, I have a hard time pointing to anything but positive effects. And fantasize we did. I rubbed their little flat fronts together almost every time I played. The way that girls grow into themselves sexually is no different than the way they grow into themselves academically or creatively.
I was reading an article about the criticisms of the Barbie doll. They talked about how the Barbie is not proportional and encourages poor body image in girls, showing that an unrealistic body is pretty. The site showed pictures of potential barbies with a normal realistic body. By reading this article, I wondered how the idea to make a Barbie came from. So I did some research and found the most interesting results…. Apparently, Barbies were not first intended to be for young children. They were first meant for adult men. Men gave Lilli dolls as bachelor gifts. This Lilli doll was made in the image of Lilli. She put out an ad to search for these kinds of men, and so she had a cartoon of herself advertised in tabloids.
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Two sexist symbols of waning cultural relevance joined forces this week when Barbie graced the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. It was the perfect match: Both the doll and the swimsuit issue have been derided by feminists for presenting an unattainable standard of feminine beauty.
My Barbie had a red sports car she drove; Ken rode shotgun. And she had a pretty hot sex life. It involved a lot of plastic dry-humping. This is one of the rarely acknowledged benefits of a doll mostly singled out for her downsides: Barbie is a safe way for girls to explore dangerously adult concepts like sexuality. Yet when I look back at my own Barbie-influenced youth, I have a hard time pointing to anything but positive effects. And fantasize we did. I rubbed their little flat fronts together almost every time I played.
The way that girls grow into themselves sexually is no different than the way they grow into themselves academically or creatively. Even little girls understand that adults view these things differently. While I had no qualms about zooming Barbie around in her sports car when my mom was in the room, I was quick to cover scenes of Barbie and Ken in flagrante delicto.
Even then I sensed that sexuality was supposed to be off-limits to me. Whereas young girls are free to see their future selves in Barbie, putting her on the cover of a skin-heavy magazine urges men to, uh, see themselves in her, too. McFadden thinks the Sports Illustrated cover places Barbie squarely in the realm of adult male sexualization.
I hope that those dolls end up in the hands of creative, inquisitive little girls who feel free to explore every aspect of their aspirations for future womanhood, including their sexuality — aspirations that go far beyond swimsuit modeling. Already a subscriber? Log in or link your magazine subscription. Account Profile. Sign Out. Tags: love and war barbie sex toys sports illustrated swimsuit issue our barbies ourselves More.
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