Here Today... Gone To Hell!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_re_eu/britain_hating_barbie

LONDON - Barbie, beware. The iconic plastic doll is often mutilated at the hands of young girls, according to research published Monday by British academics.
 
"The girls we spoke to see Barbie torture as a legitimate play activity, and see the torture as a 'cool' activity," said Agnes Nairn, one of the University of Bath researchers. "The types of mutilation are varied and creative, and range from removing the hair to decapitation, burning, breaking and even microwaving."

Researchers from the university's marketing and psychology departments questioned 100 children about their attitudes to a range of products as part of a study on branding. They found Barbie provoked the strongest reaction, with youngsters reporting "rejection, hatred and violence," Nairn said.

"The meaning of 'Barbie' went beyond an expressed antipathy; actual physical violence and torture towards the doll was repeatedly reported, quite gleefully, across age, school and gender," she said.

While boys often expressed nostalgia and affection toward Action Man ? the British equivalent of GI Joe ? renouncing Barbie appeared to be a rite of passage for many girls, Nairn said.

"The most readily expressed reason for rejecting Barbie was that she was babyish, and girls saw her as representing their younger childhood out of which they felt they had now grown," she said.

Nairn said many girls saw Barbie as an inanimate object rather than a treasured toy.

"Whilst for an adult the delight the child felt in breaking, mutilating and torturing their dolls is deeply disturbing, from the child's point of view they were simply being imaginative in disposing of an excessive commodity in the same way as one might crush cans for recycling," she said.

Manufacturer Mattel, which sells 94 million Barbies a year worldwide, said the doll remained the "No. 1 fashion doll brand."

Mattel U.K. said that despite the findings of "this very small group of children, we know that there are millions of girls in the U.K. and across the world that love and enjoy playing with Barbie and will continue to do so in the future."

I used to rip the heads, arms and legs of my barbies off when I was little  :hihi:

I never did that.  But my daughter once tried to pull my head off "like a barbie doll."  Considering she was 3, it was pretty funny at the time. 

bah! fuck the barbie! its all in for the bratz!
rock angels!! HELL YEAH!

i thought that post was about klaus barbie.

I used to make sweet, passionate love with my barbies. But, my barbie always complained that my dick was too big. :)

You perfectly set yourself up for a "That's the first and only time anyone will complain about it being too big" style response. I don't do cheap lines like that though? :hihi:

Markus I just hope u used a lot of lube.


My brother took a hatchet and chopped my cousins barbies up once, that wouldnt be such a big deal if he werent a postmaster at the post office now!! :nervous: :nervous: :nervous:

hmm I never did that.. but I did used to make my barbie be a slut.

Naughty girl!! :o

My barbie was so bad   :hihi:

Do you galls still have your Barbies? By all means, hook a brother up! :hihi:

She doesn't like boys   :hihi:

I never did that to my Barbie...










 ;)

Sure...  ;D

they should just make Bondage Barbie!

I have the original? ?:hihi:

I agree with that 100%!  I used to KILL my barbies - cut off the hair and draw all over them.  I hated them being blond for some reason!?  I never used to get blonde ones and If i did - I would cut ALL of the hair off.... i was an odd one.