The famously thin and unrealistically proportioned plaything is looking sleazy these days, or at least that's what some people think. In fact, it isn't Barbie exactly, it's Barbie as a comic book character. So the fuss is definitely a little overblown, plus it appeared in The Sun, which is about as sensationalist a paper as it gets. (The Sun is owned by Rupert Murdoch, AND features actual nude women, so this "story" needs to be taken with a large-ish grain of salt.) Still, with anything geared towards kids, especially girls, its probably fair to apply a dollop of "is this OK?"
Personally, I think it's weird, but is it really offensive? Would you buy one of these for your daughter? Is this sexist, empowering, just a bad choice for a doll?
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