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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While the last generation or so revolted against Barbie, I think they fixated on the wrong things and completely missed the critically important positive impact the Barbie doll made on girls. Hear me out.

Barbie was launched at a time when the only dolls available were baby dolls. Generations of girls were limited to dolls and related toys that fostered gendered stereotypes of playing house and preparing for a life of motherhood and housework.

Barbie wasn’t a wife or mother. Barbie was living her best life as a presumably wealthy single lady! Her boyfriend was an afterthought, and he didn’t have a career, house, or car.

Barbie on the other hand was a doctor, lawyer, president, etc. She was everything because she could be anything.

And she never married or had kids. She didn’t need to.

That’s the impact she made at a time when the only other dolls and toys for girls were baby dolls with diapers, bottles, kitchens, etc.

Barbie shifted the narrative. [/quote]

“Math class is tough.”

— Barbie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Talk_Barbie[/quote]

Definitely a PR fiasco.

But I have to say that once math class involved letters, I was lost.

Fast forward to now: C suite exec with fancy degrees (including a JD) at a big DC gig impacting policy around the globe.

And I agree that math class is hard. I’ll go a step further: once you hit high school, math class is useless and isn’t a good predictor of academic performance or future success. [/quote]

You sound bad at math.[/quote]

Being bad at math *is* privilege. -DP (I have a math degree, but know not to let that slip in most situations)[/quote]

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