Ciekawostka: Barbie`s measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33

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Flat out Fabulous: How Barbie's foot posture and occupations have changed over the decades, and the lessons we can learn.. Objectives To explore the correlations/relationships between foot posture, equity and diversity, employment, and time in Barbie Land. Design A retrospective audit of the Barbie population (or their data from online catalogues) using a customised FEET system. That is Foot posture (flat or equinus); Equity (diversity and inclusion (EDI)); Employment (fashion vs employed); and Time period (decade of manufacture). Setting Barbie Land (Online Barbie catalogues of doll types). Participants 2750 Barbies and friends who lived in Barbie Land between 1959 to June 2024. Main outco…

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The evolution of life size Barbie and Ken: Are they any closer to reality?. Barbie and Ken dolls have been criticized over time for their overt misalignment of body shape in comparison with the average adult, and the possibility that this impacts the formative minds of children, particularly girls. Updating a previous examination of the original Barbie and Ken dolls from 1996, this study compared the body measures of the 2016 "Fashionista" range-including Curvy, Petite, Tall, and Standard Barbie models, and new Malibu Ken-with representative population data of young adult females and males using anthropometric techniques. A range of anthropometric girth measures plus height were taken from…

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