How Will New Doll Affect Young Girls’ Views of Men?
Mattel Inc., the world’s largest and most profitable toy company known for their Hot Wheels and Matchbox toy cars, has released a brand new version of Ken into their popular Barbie Doll line. While Barbie has often received flak from certain sects of consumers for her unrealistic physical proportions and negative influence on younger girls’ self image, Ken has for the most part gone untouched by critics. Until now.