Barbie and Ken

The topic on Barbie and Ken that was discussed in the book as well as in class was actually quite interesting. I found it very interesting that people would want to change the look of Barbie and Ken, as well as their relationship. Whose to say that Barbie and Ken are not married, or together by common law! Barbie and Ken have been "together" for many years. Another thing I find funny is that people don't like the way her body looks. Well, it is possible for someone to look that way, and it seems to me people are more bitter that they don't look that way than worried about how their children see her. Barbie is every woman's ideal body type, and as children that is not something very noticed. I always played with barbies as a kid, and i never recall worrying about looking like barbie. I was a chubby kid and the way barbie looked to me was beautiful. I was not envious, I was not even really thinking much about it. So, for parents to be bothered by the way Barbie looks is selfish, and bitter.(in my opinion) Barbie and Kens relationship, when I was a kid, seemed like a boyfriend/girlfriend situation. Never was I ever led to believe they had sex, or did anything that wasn't in the norm of society. When i would play with them, I would make them get married and then they would hang out like any other "couple." Barbie and Ken practices healthy imagination, and people need to stop over thinking this situation.