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*Girl: "Do whatever you please." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxn567bHny8]
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*Girl: "Do whatever you please." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxn567bHny8]
  
 
This sounds less like guidance
 
This sounds less like guidance
 
on how to have a good [[marriage]] than an invitation to fantasize about
 
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[[premarital sex]].<Ref>"Hankie Pankie" is a euphemism for sexual activity. [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/170400.html]</ref> Is this what we want for American adolescents?
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premarital sex.<ref>[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/170400.html "Hankie Pankie" is a euphemism for sexual activity]</ref> Is this what we want for American adolescents?
  
 
There's a movie which asserts that Barbie is intended to be a role model for girls.
 
There's a movie which asserts that Barbie is intended to be a role model for girls.
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Latest revision as of 15:46, September 26, 2018

People have been criticizing the Barbie doll for years, saying it sends the wrong message to girls. You have to be sexy-looking to attract male attention. Having large breasts is the ideal.

There's even a music video by Aqua with sexually suggestive lyrics

  • Girl: "You can ... undress me everywhere"
  • Boy: "You're my doll."
  • Girl: "Do whatever you please." [1]

This sounds less like guidance on how to have a good marriage than an invitation to fantasize about premarital sex.[1] Is this what we want for American adolescents?

There's a movie which asserts that Barbie is intended to be a role model for girls.

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