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Happy 50th, Ken: May you freak us out for years to come

14 Feb 05:55am

Filed under: Barbie, Feminism, Ken, Masculinity, Social Media, Toys

His muscles are permanently flexed, his fashions impeccably zhooshed and his fringe swing puts Justin Bieber’s to shame.

This is freaking me out just a little bit. Picture: AFP

He is Ken doll and he has just celebrated 50 years of hyper – yet exquisitely ambiguous – masculinity.

To mark such a momentous jubilee, this column will now tackle the big questions about Barbie’s tackle-less escort. Big questions such as:

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Erick says:

04:40pm | 14/02/11

Boys can also exclude each other in order to inflict pain and suffering. This is what’s known as bullying. But, in my admittedly limited experience, younger boys exclude girls because they’re simply interested in different things. However, after puberty, boys are very much interested in girls - but they might… Read more »
undertow says:

03:38pm | 14/02/11

If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck… It’s probably a militant feminist plot to overthrow the supposed archetypal male dominated patriarchal system and not paranoia on Erick’s part. Read more »

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