Teen Talk Barbie controversy 1992

Should have definitely followed it up with "but we can do this!" or "I can do this!" or even "you can do it!". That's a bit bizzare.

“Thinking too much gives you wrinkles”

People saying it's not a stereotype that girls can't do maths?? It definitely is and was even more during the 90s

John u look really good back in the day💗

It's astounding how far journalism has come.

wait, is that Max Zorin?

long as they don't recall the ones that say "MY SPIDEY SENSE IS TINGLING!"

I mean, she wasn't lying. Math class IS tough. I never excelled at it, and I tried!

I suffered all school with maths. From first grade until High School my math teachers used to bullied me because I was SO BAD. I'd feel understand with “Math class is bad”. My math teacher once told my mom I wasn’t “mature enough”. I finished high school with excellent grades in History, Spanish and English. I joined college, I graduate being 24 and now I am 27 journalist working for Samsung.

MATH CLASS IS TOUGH !!! F*ck to all of my math teachers who felt superior. Also I am a male who loved dolls!

They were so sexist thinking the message was only for girls 🤡🤣

She said so many harmless things but "Math is hard" what caused the controversy? lol

I had the version of her that said this... it may still be at my parents in Clarkstown. Hahahaha. At the time I didn't know why people were freaking out over this.... she tells the truth, I really had a hard time in Math throughout school (may be because I'm autistic...) I much more liked Science and later Culinary.... I work in a restaurant kitchen in Albany. See? You really do end up successful, Math or not.

Math sucks

No she is not wrong

Some of you are so desperate to excuse and dance around what we alllll know really happened here. It’s not rocket science, Mattel doesn’t need a brave white knight to defend their actions. It’s obvious they were coming up with phrases they thought teen girls would say and came up with “math is hard” which is obviously sexist. End of story. Y’all can stop martyring yourself to defend it now. You would never ever hear a teen talk ken or GI Joe say math is hard, and I’ll bet that somewhere deep in your mind, past the mental gymnastics competition, you know why.

Math is tough for many people.

Is there a stereotype that girls suck at math? Everyone sucks at math?!

math is hard tho and im not some weak little girl that needs validation from a plastic doll

That’s right. WOMEN IN STEM BUNSEN BURNER ON

Idk I’m a girl and real dumb at maths so barbie sounds like a bestie

Back when there wasn't anything to worry about so people made sh-t up.
Imagine being a pre millennial PC SJW f*ckhead lol

Lol, math is fun because is hard

Barbie was spitting truth.

girl sucked at math since 4th grade 0-o

Math was fucking hard bruh

Barbie dolls then discontinued because of Math Slamming?? Damn now its LOL surprise dolls that are atomically correct with nipples on the breasts and Penises LMAOO

- "Let's make new friends"
-" I just made ONE"

The other barbie: "Am I a joke to you?"

I am someone with amazing grades and I agree math can be really tough, and these women are making it sound like suggesting you're having trouble with a subject is unspeakable

In today's ridiculous woke world, just the fact that Barbie is white, straight and wants to go to shopping would cause an uproar from the feminazis and the alphabet mafia. Nowadays she has to be a black latina non-binary man-hating bisexual trans in a wheelchair

That journalist really enjoyed playing with Barbies for a camera. Good for him

Ok but math is legit hard

John you're adorable lol.

No, it’s just hard for barbie and ken…

2022 and we still have iditos complaining about toy “stereotypes”
We even have fat barbie nowadays!!!🤮

God forbid Barbie hold a realistic, human opinion lmaooo

Shit… math IS tough.

Math is fucking tough. Barbie is just saying it's true.

I ain't never heard of no girl saying I can't do math imagine what will happen to Barbie in today's woke society

Math Sucks

I hated math in school.

Just like Stacy Malibu

Classic, you got the femi nazi making something out of nothing and the big fat conservative who can't even wipe his own ass on counter point.

Listen how she takes away "Math is hard" and translated it to "I can't do math." I mean, things are supposed to be hard. If Barbie was to say "Being a woman is hard." would these women complaining be like "How dare you say "I'm not cut out to be a woman." or would they likely say "This is an honest strong woman who admits things are hard for us." SMH

Barbie was saying facts. Maths is tough asf

Math is tough, and a toy addressing something that can be relatable for a lot of people in the target demographic (aka children) isn't really sexist. I like math, and even I agree that it can be tough. Many men and women can agree with that. Blaming a female doll for "promoting" a negative stereotype is just unfair. Blame society for making it seem like only girls can think that math is hard, not the doll! It's not like the doll said, "I think math is hard, because I'm a girl!"

As a software engineer, math class is tough.

Wow Barbie can literally do ANYTHING yet she still admits math is hard. That’s the closest thing she’s done of realism