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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
It would take a lot of systematic Barbie exposure to do lasting damage, I think.
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True enough.
That said: from the Barbie.com website's list of interesting facts - they're listing achievements, but I've cherry picked the really worrying bits
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1 Barbie doll is sold every three seconds somewhere in the world
90 percent of girls ages 3-10 who own at least one Barbie doll ( I don't know if this is supposed to be worldwide, but have seen this cited before where it specified America
125 million+ Barbie DVD’s have been purchased since 2001
On average, a Barbie movie is watched 10 times
Girls ages 3-6 own an average of 12 Barbie dolls
Barbie is the No. 1 doll property in the US and the No. 1 worldwide property in the traditional toy industry
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http://www.barbiemedia.com/barbie_fa...e-numbers.html