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BumRushDaShow

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18. You are describing the "modern Barbie"
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 05:32 AM
Nov 4

It took 60 years to get her out of the "wasp waist" and "big boobs" and into the "career" thing.

A partial breakthrough for career women only came in the latter '60s, like what was seen with Marlo Thomas and "That Girl", where a woman could actually be "single and working" and on her own (although in that show's case, she still had a fiance "Don" as a compromise to have that "male overseer" ).

I remember when the "Dawn" doll came out as a smaller (6.5" ) version of a "teen" to compete with Barbie. Ironically, "Dawn" dolls actually fit in the Barbie cars/houses much better than the bigger Barbie.



But like everything else, women would be relegated to "fashion" and "homemaker" aspirations.

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