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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do we feel good about Ken being an after thought.[/quote]
Because Barbie’s life didn’t revolve around him. She had an awesome life that he could join, but she was autonomous. She already had a career, the nice house with a pool, and a convertible on her own. Ken was there for fun trips to the beach, but it was Barbie’s world.[/quote]

My Barbies were always naked and having sex with each other. Now I wonder if they would have been more inhibited if I had owned a Ken.

Okay but why is that important.

Why should anybody being a 2nd thought be a good thing?[/quote]
You’re being willfully obtuse. Barbie was a toy that broke the “housewife/mother-in-training” mold for girls and taught them to think about what they wanted to do with their lives outside the home. Ken wasn’t a second thought because Barbie was mean to him or he was “less than;” he was a second thought because you could play Barbie without him. He was an accessory.[/quote][/quote]

My Barbies were always naked and having sex with each other. Now I wonder if they would have been more inhibited if I had owned a Ken.[/quote]

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