Barbies and Gender – level 2

04-10-2019 07:00

Mattel created the Barbie doll in 1959. Over the years, it has changed styles, but its body shape was too perfect. People said that Mattel pushed an unrealistic beauty standard.

However, now Mattel has new and very different dolls. Kids can choose their doll’s gender, hair color, skin color, clothing, and accessories. They can choose how masculine or feminine their doll is.

Mattel also changed Ken, Barbie’s boyfriend, and created a doll with a fake leg and a doll in a wheelchair.

Difficult words: beauty standard (what people think is beautiful), gender (male/man, female/woman, or something else), masculine or feminine (how much like a man or a woman something or someone is).

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