Jeff Eldridge wants to ban Barbie
It's Barbie's 50th birthday this year. What to get the doll that has everything — multiple careers, houses, electronics, automobiles, wardrobes, accessories, tattoos and a real life fashion show? Legislation! A West Virginian lawmaker wants to outlaw the doll.
Associated Press is reporting:
Just in time for Barbie's 50th birthday, a West Virginia lawmaker wants to outlaw the doll.
Democratic Delegate Jeff Eldridge is proposing to ban the sale of the Mattel doll and others like her in West Virginia.
He says the dolls influence girls to place too much importance on physical beauty, at the expense of their intellectual and emotional development.
He joins others who have criticized the doll over the years for promoting materialism and an unnatural body image.
Barbie turns 50 on March 9, and the toy maker has made big plans this year to mark the anniversary.
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legislators had to realize proposing a Barbie ban would cause a big media stir, but then again maybe this was strategic...
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