Current Events > Mattel releases Hijab-Barbie doll. Outrages conservatives.

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Mattel is capturing the attention of many worldwide after releasing its first Barbie to wear a headscarf.

The company made the doll in honor of Olympic Bronze medalist and sabre competitor Ibtihaj Muhammad, who wore her hijab at the Rio Olympic games in 2016, reports People.

The Barbie is part of Mattel's "Shero" line dedicated to inspirational women, such as Misty Copeland, Emmy Rossum Ava DuVernay, Ashley Graham and Gabby Douglas. Muhammad, who hosted the doll's debut, says she is excited about the Barbie.

"I think it's revolutionary for Barbie to take a stand in this moment that we're in -- and I would say, as a country, to have a doll wear a hijab and be the first of its kind," Muhammad added. "There has never been a Barbie doll to wear a hijab before. I'm really excited to have this moment happen in my life and also for all these little girls now who can shop for Barbie doll that may look like them, may wear a hijab like they do, or like their mom does, or like a friend does."

She's not the only one with big hopes for the doll. Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive expressed similar sentiments.

"Ibtihaj Muhammad has challenged every stereotype -- which to me is the definition of a modern American woman," she said. "Last year, she was the first athlete from the U.S. to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab, and today we are thrilled to celebrate Ibtihaj as the first hijab-wearing Barbie. She will play a tremendous role in ensuring that girls of the future see themselves represented fully and beautifully in our culture."

The new Barbie will be on sale to the public in the fall of 2018 which is next year.

While many are thrilled about the new doll, some are less than impressed.

"Very odd that a symbol of female oppression is being called revolutionary," wrote one person

"PC as usual," said another.

"I bet sales will really be off the chart for that one," added a third.

"The libs are lining up now," agreed a fourth. "Great Festivis gift."

Some even thought the Barbie reflected a double standard: "I'll guarantee you will never see a Barbie wearing a cross or carrying a Bible though."

Still, while there were a few critics, most commenters said they believed the doll represents a major step towards representation.

"That's awesome," commented one such reader. "Dolls need to be diverse to represent EVERYONE, not just the blond girl."

Full Article: https://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/new-hijab-wearing-barbie-inspires-most-sparks-some-controversy



You know that Christian is complaining about a double standard but I think crucifix carrying barbie would offend Christians most of all if they actually made it.
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How can you even tell if a fencer is wearing a hijab
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Liberals! Where is the Jewish hat-thingy Barbie? The crucifix carrying Barbie?

There needs to be a warning label that you can't buy a ken doll or a car for heejab Barbie since they're mutually exclusive!

Imagine releasing a neonazi ken doll
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http://degiorgi.math.hr/~vsego/phun/barbies/nuninbox.jpg

Yeaaaa
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Disgusting

"We don't like how muslims don't integrate or try to westernize"
*Muslims try to westernize and integrate positively*
"We don't like this"

what the fuck do you people want
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Snowflake republicans
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Thus it is proven that someone is going to be offended by anything.
Just wait for the "appropriation" shrieks from the other side.

eston posted...

How can you even tell if a fencer is wearing a hijab

It's more obvious on the close ups.
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Doom_Art posted...

"We don't like how muslims don't integrate or try to westernize"
*Muslims try to westernize and integrate positively*
"We don't like this"

what the fuck do you people want

Companies pandering isn't migrants integrating. Not wearing the hijab would be westernizing. Fuck.
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Doom_Art posted...

"We don't like how muslims don't integrate or try to westernize"
*Muslims try to westernize and integrate positively*
"We don't like this"

what the fuck do you people want

Their argument would be that liking existing barbies would be integrating, demanding new different barbies is part of not integrating
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I suppose the feelings women who don't have a choice but to wear a hijab in public or risk getting beaten or murdered feelings don't matter. I'm sure "symbol of oppression Barbie" will be a big Christmas seller.
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On_The_Edge posted...

Imagine releasing a neonazi ken doll

imagine thinking the two are comparable
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Doom_Art posted...

"We don't like how muslims don't integrate or try to westernize"
*Muslims try to westernize and integrate positively*
"We don't like this"

what the fuck do you people want

Their argument would be that liking existing barbies would be integrating, demanding new different barbies is part of not integrating

What demand? This is pandering, and nothing more.
If anything, it's slightly less modest than the nun one from a few posts ago.

The "demand" has been for chubby barbies, which then fail to sell and get discontinued, until the rage-demands boil over again. https://www.popdust.com/mattel-fat-barbie-doll-1892285754.html

Questionmarktarius posted...

If anything, it's slightly less modest than the nun one from a few posts ago.

That wasn't Mattel though was it?
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did they demand or did the company see demand?
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prettyprincess posted...

did they demand or did the company see demand?

Corporate virtue signal obviously.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

If anything, it's slightly less modest than the nun one from a few posts ago.

That wasn't Mattel though was it?

That's a knockoff, huh?

JimiMorrison187 posted...

Corporate virtue signal obviously.

?
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Doom_Art posted...

"We don't like how muslims don't integrate or try to westernize"
*Muslims try to westernize and integrate positively*
"We don't like this"

what the fuck do you people want

Companies pandering isn't migrants integrating. Not wearing the hijab would be westernizing. Fuck.

Define "westernizing"
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Questionmarktarius posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Doom_Art posted...

"We don't like how muslims don't integrate or try to westernize"
*Muslims try to westernize and integrate positively*
"We don't like this"

what the fuck do you people want

Their argument would be that liking existing barbies would be integrating, demanding new different barbies is part of not integrating

What demand? This is pandering, and nothing more.
If anything, it's slightly less modest than the nun one from a few posts ago.

The "demand" has been for chubby barbies, which then fail to sell and get discontinued, until the rage-demands boil over again. https://www.popdust.com/mattel-fat-barbie-doll-1892285754.html

and why does that bother you so much? its a barbie doll. they make them in all races and backgrounds. some girls wear hijabs so they make one that looks like those girls for those girls...I just don't understand the outrage. Of course its pandering. Its a toy company trying to sell a product. Not all pandering needs to be complained about.
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What is the big deal?
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TheVipaGTS posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Doom_Art posted...

"We don't like how muslims don't integrate or try to westernize"
*Muslims try to westernize and integrate positively*
"We don't like this"

what the fuck do you people want

Their argument would be that liking existing barbies would be integrating, demanding new different barbies is part of not integrating

What demand? This is pandering, and nothing more.
If anything, it's slightly less modest than the nun one from a few posts ago.

The "demand" has been for chubby barbies, which then fail to sell and get discontinued, until the rage-demands boil over again. https://www.popdust.com/mattel-fat-barbie-doll-1892285754.html

and why does that bother you so much? its a barbie doll. they make them in all races and backgrounds. some girls wear hijabs so they make one that looks like those girls for those girls...I just don't understand the outrage. Of course its pandering. Its a toy company trying to sell a product. Not all pandering needs to be complained about.

What's to be bothered about?
Recognize what's happening and why, then get on with life.

prettyprincess posted...

JimiMorrison187 posted...

Corporate virtue signal obviously.

?

They are doing it for PR points. Unless of course they are planning to sell it only in the Middle East.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Doom_Art posted...

"We don't like how muslims don't integrate or try to westernize"
*Muslims try to westernize and integrate positively*
"We don't like this"

what the fuck do you people want

Companies pandering isn't migrants integrating. Not wearing the hijab would be westernizing. Fuck.

As is trying to turn it into a fashion statement instead of something meant to hold women back.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Very odd that a symbol of female oppression is being called revolutionary," wrote one person

This is correct though. It's literally a symbol of religious oppression, through the idea that it's a woman's fault that a man might lust after her.
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Asherlee10 posted...

I think I mixed feelings on this. It seems like the hijab is a tool of oppression and not something we should be encouraging in children.

I wouldn't want to see a chastity belt on a Barbie either, for example.

damn right

StucklnMyPants posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Very odd that a symbol of female oppression is being called revolutionary," wrote one person

This is correct though. It's literally a symbol of religious oppression, through the idea that it's a woman's fault that a man might lust after her.

its not really that simple IMO. its reached sort of a different level in modernized nations because of the Islamophobia....In places like America, etc, many Muslim women do embrace the Hijab. To me it seems like its their way of standing against those who are attacking them and forcing them to "westernize" in a sense...They don't have to wear it. They also don't want to be told they can't wear it..

...i know its hard to make sense of but not everything is as black and white it seems. So where in, say Saudi Arabia, they'd be forced to wear it and would like to start a revolution against that, they also don't want to be forced NOT to wear it other places....its almost like life is different depending on where you live...Most if not all of the people i know who wear one do so voluntarily and they don't even always wear it.

now of course this is all just my opinion based on what i see since I'm not a middle eastern woman who may a) be forced to wear one or b) get attacked for wearing one. Neither side seems pleasant though. Ultimately it seems to just come down to them wanted the freedom of choice without any struggle or fight.
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creativerealms posted...

What is the big deal?

Barbie, a longtime symbol of America, namely white America, is now wearing a Hijab.
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StucklnMyPants posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Very odd that a symbol of female oppression is being called revolutionary," wrote one person

This is correct though. It's literally a symbol of religious oppression, through the idea that it's a woman's fault that a man might lust after her.

That's part of the idea. In many western countries freer Muslim women have take to making the Hijib their own. To turn this symbol of oppression into a fashion statement that expresses their self. Honestly I can't think of a better sign of rebellion.
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Asherlee10 posted...

I wouldn't want to see a chastity belt on a Barbie either, for example.

Is that for the Barbie S&M line?
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Mah jimmies are rustled
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creativerealms posted...

StucklnMyPants posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Very odd that a symbol of female oppression is being called revolutionary," wrote one person

This is correct though. It's literally a symbol of religious oppression, through the idea that it's a woman's fault that a man might lust after her.

That's part of the idea. In many western countries freer Muslim women have take to making the Hijib their own. To turn this symbol of oppression into a fashion statement that expresses their self. Honestly I can't think of a better sign of rebellion.

I don't really see how it's functionally different from a babushka.

Hijab is traditionally worn as symbol of modesty or privacy. Some wear it as fashion.

I sometimes wrap an infinity scarf like a hijab for functional reasons in both cold and warm weather.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

creativerealms posted...

What is the big deal?

Barbie, a longtime symbol of America, namely white America, is now wearing a Hijab.

Special addition Barbie's are nothing new. It's more in honor of the athlete and not the Hijib. Again there is no big deal here. Just special snowflakes complaining.
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Don't like the product? Don't buy it. I'm pretty opposed to Islam but this is a clear and shut case of "Shut the fuck up" if you don't like what they're selling lol.
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creativerealms posted...

As is trying to turn it into a fashion statement instead of something meant to hold women back.

I'm sure shackles will be a bit hit in the Spring issue of Vogue.
Sorry but this shit is going to take a generation or more before you can take it back.
You can't take it back while it's still oppression in other countries.
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JimiMorrison187 posted...

They are doing it for PR points. Unless of course they are planning to sell it only in the Middle East.

you don't believe the West will see a single sale?
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Asherlee10 posted...

creativerealms posted...

StucklnMyPants posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Very odd that a symbol of female oppression is being called revolutionary," wrote one person

This is correct though. It's literally a symbol of religious oppression, through the idea that it's a woman's fault that a man might lust after her.

That's part of the idea. In many western countries freer Muslim women have take to making the Hijib their own. To turn this symbol of oppression into a fashion statement that expresses their self. Honestly I can't think of a better sign of rebellion.

I can. Stop wearing a hijab which promotes oppressing women.

But they are changing it into a symbol of freedom. That is what makes it so great. Western Muslim women who use it as a fashion symbol are not being oppressed by it but are using it to express their freedom.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

You can't take it back while it's still oppression in other countries.

http://gotopless.org/topless-laws

FLUFFYGERM posted...

Don't like the product? Don't buy it. I'm pretty opposed to Islam but this is a clear and shut case of "Shut the fuck up" if you don't like what they're selling lol.

Cool so can mattel start releasing Sexually Molested Barbie dolls? Or currently incinerating Jews Nazi Prison Camp Warden barbie dolls?

I mean don't like it don't buy it right? They can make what they want?

You're so full of it, if they made dolls that offended you, you would be the first up in arms about it
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The woman whom this Barbie is based off of doesn't appear to consider it oppressive
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I saw "Hijab Barbie" and wasn't sure if conservatives would be outraged for normalizing Muslim fashion in America, or if liberals would be outraged for cultural appropriation.
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looks like an astronaut
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That_Happened posted...

I saw "Hijab Barbie" and wasn't sure if conservatives would be outraged for normalizing Muslim fashion in America, or if liberals would be outraged for cultural appropriation.

We've got the first one apparently. Just wait for the second, unless the oppression olympics have some priority to it that I'm forgetting.

creativerealms posted...

Honestly I can't think of a better sign of rebellion.

Well you're an unimaginative fucking idiot then.
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Wolf_J_Flywheel posted...

I suppose the feelings women who don't have a choice but to wear a hijab in public or risk getting beaten or murdered feelings don't matter. I'm sure "symbol of oppression Barbie" will be a big Christmas seller.

This.
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