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Wow that column doesn't even attempt to have objectivity. It's clear in the first paragraph that the author has a strong agenda, and doesn't even hint at the opposing opinions.
The sign of a solid opinion is the ability to denote, acknowledge, and even partially agree with a dissenting opinion.
I also don't believe, as the author notes, that the dolls are the source of this problem. Barbie has dressed like that for as long as I can remember. It's changing societal expectations and parenting that allow their children to wear clothes like their dolls.
Twenty years ago, I didn't hear an outcry that barbie dolls were influencing bad clothing choices because their children were dressing up like Malibu Barbie. Instead, parents let the dolls wear the doll clothes and made their children wear clothes suitable for a child.
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