Barbie’s Man Ken is Made Over, As a Sugar Daddy

Mattel has gone all out this time, and not in a good way. I thought they were crazy when Barbie was given a tramp stamp, but this is far worse. Ken is no longer has the boy-next-door, high class, jock look that he has been known for.  Ken is now a Sugar Daddy.  Yep, that’s right, you can soon buy your daughter a “Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken.”  Wow! Forget the cheesy clothes and little dog, he’s got money and is ready to spend it.  Maybe he should come complete with a wallet full of money and lots of gift bags with sparkling jewelry.

Let’s teach our girls early to go for a sugar daddy, I mean, they would get nice expensive things, right?  There is only a “small price” to pay.  It’s amazing that Mattel would go this far.  When I first saw the article introducing this doll, I thought it was a joke, but I found more and more articles about it.  Entertainment Earth already shows it available in April 2010 for the small price of just $81.99.  Be sure to pre-order yours now!  Wouldn’t you hate to miss out on this doll.

My goodness, all joking aside, what is wrong with these companies?  Do they really think we want our daughters playing with a “Sugar Daddy” doll?  This goes on the same list as the Pole Dancer doll that was released.  Buy your daughter the pole dancer doll to teach them how to dance, then they can score a sugar daddy like Ken.  My goodness.  Even if it was made as a collectible doll, who would want to collect a sugar daddy doll?  Really.  What message are we sending to our daughters with companies selling dolls like these?  Grow up, get a tramp stamp, dance on a pole and get a sugar daddy….life is then complete.  Right?