Toxic Femininity in Barbie — Therapist Reacts!

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• WW

  @ww4464 · 3 years ago

  I love knowing that this community of people immediately dropped everything to hear Georgia Dow analyze media

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• EL

  @elliepira8400 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Its funny when she said &quot;he took your house and is trying to take over the government&quot; as justification for taking him down when the Barbies never even gave Kens houses <br>and wouldn&apos;t let them in on the government at all but its only becomes bad when the Kens do that. The Kens probably would have backed off if they were just given equality in Barbieland, the only reason they took to toxic masculinity was because it was their only option given to them that was a change from the status quo, not because it was the thing the Kens actually desired.

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• LO

  @lonelyguitars · 3 years ago

  This movie was a great 2 sided coin. Depicting both a matriarcal and patriarcal world, both genders had a mix of healthy and toxic feminine and masculine traits EACH, it wasn&apos;t all pure feminine vs pure masculaine whatsoever. Definitely a rewatchable movie, a lot of thoughtful AND satirical material in here simultaneously.

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• CA

  @caramelizedcreampuff · 3 years ago

  FINALLY, someone talks about that. I&apos;ve always been confused, like the kens didn&apos;t take over just because they &quot;didn&apos;t who they were&quot;, they weren&apos;t even given houses or any role in society

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• IM

  @Imsotiredofthis1 · 3 years ago

  Yes! Thank you! Toxic/narcissistic traits could be applied to any person, not just a group. A toxic man or a toxic woman are just insufferable in the end.

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• GI

  @Ginger_Tank · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m a simple person. I see a video by Georgia Dow, I click on it immediately no matter what I was watching.

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• LO

  @LoneHowler · 3 years ago

  I think Mattel missed out on a marketing opportunity. At the end of the movie Ken still doesn&apos;t have a home of his own. They could have had blue and purple versions of Barbie&apos;s signature pink items. Not all girls love pink, and they could have opened up more sales to boys who would love to play as well

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• MR

  @MrWaspman · 3 years ago

  Everyone talks about toxic masculinity and how itcauses problems in both reality and media. But it&apos;s a lot more rare that we look at the other side of the same coin, even though toxic femininity is just as prevelent amd dangerous. I think this movie does a decent job at displaying both, while also having Barbie and Ken learn that neither is okay. You did a great job explaining it.

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• MI

  @michaelmorse4444 · 2 years ago

  Dancing around the fact that the barbies took advantage of the loving and compassionate nature of the kens. That&apos;s why men never open up and allow themselves to be vulnerable.

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• AL

  @Altrantis · 3 years ago (edited)

  On the using someone&apos;s affection against them: I mean it could be justified if the damage they&apos;re doing is big enough and all the other options are worse, but it is scorched earth. You will never have a relationship with that person again. It is the nuclear option. If you do this people should not trust you with their feelings ever again.

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• FI

  @fizzychizzy · 3 years ago

  I think the relationships between the Kens and the Barbies are different that just Margot&apos;s Barbie and Ryan&apos;s Ken. Their relationships is extremely toxic because Margot&apos;s owner (American&apos;s character) never actually owned a Ken. Furthermore, she felt that Ken&apos;s were useless. So Margot doesn&apos;t have any emotions towards her Ken. He is more so just an annoyance. Her Barbie is a reflection of America&apos;s thoughts and feelings. This is different than Ncuti&apos;s Ken and his Barbie pair (played by Emma McKay). It seems this Ken and Barbie pair were just really good friends and they missed that during the entire debacle.

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• C.

  @c.j.p.7607 · 3 years ago

  Just discovered you. You speak logic, facts and wisdom in a very kind and polite manner while remaining honest and humble. A mark of true feminism in my book. I dislike sexism in any shape or form from either side so I respect this point of view.

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