Word: mattel
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...Mattel Corporation, the maker of Barbie, has recently released "Presidential Candidate Barbie." Dressed in pearls and a blue suit, Barbie has her hair styled in a sophisticated blonde bob, a la Tipper Gore, and comes with a campaign pin and her own podium...
...like so many times in the past, Barbie again finds herself in the midst of controversy. Feminists have recently criticized Mattel for yet again sending the wrong message to young American girls--that a woman must look like Barbie before she will be elected president. They have protested that President Barbie is another example of our society's double-standard: That a man is rewarded for intelligence and hard work, while a women is only allowed to achieve success if she fits our culture's standards of beauty. God forbid we have a frumpy woman president...
...disgracing his own family and the entire nation through his perpetual distortions of the truth. A man who lies under oath and cheats on his wife with a woman half his age is a far worse role model for American youth, male and female, than a well-proportioned doll. Mattel's efforts to foster a sense of achievement and self-worth among young girls should be applauded...
...Mattel could even expand Campaign 2000 in the future by giving Barbie an opponent who supports a different political agenda. Skipper could be her running mate. And once Barbie is elected in November--she'll obviously win--Mattel could manufacture her own presidential accessories. Instead of a "Dream House" she could have her own White House, complete with Rose Garden and Oval Office. Instead of a pink corvette, she could have an Air Force...
...arrogance of businesses that intimidate their own customers is hard to fathom because it is so utterly counterproductive. Who will buy the movies, the music and the Mattel toys once those corporations have made themselves infamous throughout the Internet for prosecuting and harassing children? Private censorship through the intellectual property system is disgusting, but when practiced against one's own present and future customers it is also foolish. Perhaps mobilized consumers, boycotting products made by companies that sue to censor young people, will help those companies learn the error of their ways...