# Lingerie Barbie? Ummm..no. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537 "2002-12-23T13:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/41 "2002-12-24T03:39:16Z")
Shoot, at least Lingerie Barbie is wearing Underwear. None of my old Barbies every wore underwear… ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/42 "2002-12-24T03:43:25Z")
I do collect Barbies and ya know what? I think it’s kinda cool. Might have to get me one of these… ---
**Author:** ![doc\_miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@doc\_miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc_miller)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/43 "2002-12-24T13:50:46Z")
At Xmas every year, when I’m getting GI Joes and He-Man for our boys, I always try to find some “sexy babe” action figure for my wife. I’ve bought Goddess of Beauty Barbie, Helicopter Pilot GI Jane, and this year it was Spirit of the Water Barbie. Had I know about Lingerie Barbie ahead of time, I probably would have gotten one for her. Along with a matching outfit 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/44 "2002-12-24T13:51:28Z")
Anyone remember “Magic Earring Ken” (aka “Cock Ring Ken”)? [http://www.manbehindthedoll.com/mbtd\_earring.htm](http://www.manbehindthedoll.com/mbtd_earring.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/45 "2002-12-24T14:06:00Z")
As long as Barbie’s of age, what’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/46 "2002-12-24T14:21:15Z")
Add me to the ranks of “Am I Getting Whooshed?” I wasn’t too much into Barbie when I was a kid, but I had one or two. I would have loved the pretty lingerie instead of that flimsy, ugly pink underwear. I think some of you are being more than a little prudish. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/47 "2002-12-24T14:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GythaOgg \* > (Look! I made a post!) Thanks for the explanation! Don’t wait 6 months before your next post though, please. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/48 "2002-12-24T15:17:25Z")
What can I say about Lingerie Barbie but… … God Bless America, and the capitalist system 😃 To me it’s quite simple: It’s _parents_ who are often so oblivious they will not notice that… “doll” /= “for children” “animated cartoon” /= “for children” “comic book” /= “for children” “video game” /= “for children” SOME are; others are not. ---
**Author:** ![cleosia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@cleosia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleosia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/49 "2002-12-24T15:34:27Z")
I think she’s just returning to her roots as a German sex doll. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/50 "2002-12-24T15:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JRDelirious \* > \*\*What can I say about Lingerie Barbie but… > > … God Bless America, and the capitalist system 😃 > > To me it’s quite simple: It’s _parents_ who are often so oblivious they will not notice that… > “doll” /= “for children” > “animated cartoon” /= “for children” > “comic book” /= “for children” > “video game” /= “for children” > > SOME are; others are not. \*\* At least Trix are for kids. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/51 "2002-12-24T17:11:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*At least Trix are for kids. 😛 \*\* So, Barbie **is** turning trix! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/52 "2002-12-25T02:03:39Z")
Hey I saw porno where Barbie did HLA. And the Barbie doll too. Some Mattel executive probably stumbled onto it and brainstormed. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/53 "2002-12-25T19:53:49Z")
[Barbie’s pregnant pal pulled from shelves](http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/12/25/offbeat.pregnant.doll.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/54 "2002-12-25T20:30:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > \*\*[Barbie’s pregnant pal pulled from shelves](http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/12/25/offbeat.pregnant.doll.ap/index.html) \*\* WTF??? Okay, so the character profile is that she’s married, wears her band, has a hubby (sold separately) and another kid… And this corrupts the children? **HOW** in sweet Jesus’ name??? :rolleyes: For umpteenth thousand years the children of Homo Sapiens, by living on the plain, forest, farm or very next to one of those, were able ever since they were wee tots to SEE that living creatures MATE and REPRODUCE. Over those umpteenth thousand years we built a great civilization including moral teachings about chastity and temperance. And NOW a child’s toy that acknowledges human pregnancy is a THREAT to the children’s moral fiber? Oy. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/55 "2002-12-25T20:50:24Z")
" OK, everybody…take me out to the ballgame…" LEAVE BARBIE’S KNOBS ALONE! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537/56 "2002-12-25T23:16:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > For umpteenth thousand years the children of Homo Sapiens, by living on the plain, forest, farm or very next to one of those, were able ever since they were wee tots to SEE that living creatures MATE and REPRODUCE. Over those umpteenth thousand years we built a great civilization including moral teachings about chastity and temperance. And NOW a child’s toy that acknowledges human pregnancy is a THREAT to the children’s moral fiber?\*\* You have to remember that Barbie is a by product of the 1950s. Back then, you couldn’t even use the word “pregnant” on TV, or even show a married couple sleeping in the same bed (they had to have twin beds). Maybe some of that prudishness is still with barbie after all these years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-barbie-ummm-no/144537.md?page=2)