While boys often expressed nostalgia and affection toward gi Joe, renouncing Barbie appeared to be a rite of passage for many girls, Nairn said.

当男孩们对于‘美国大兵’念念不忘时，和芭比娃娃说再见则是很多女孩告别童年时代的标志。

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Through two Barbie websites, girls can design clothes, network and play games.

通过两个芭比网站，女孩们能够自己设计服装，网络和玩游戏。

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For all their graphic bravado, they're no more than a roomful of girls pressing Barbie dolls together for the thrill of doing something dirty.

虽然极尽能事地刻画细节？但她们充其量也不过是一屋子把芭比娃娃靠到一起，通过做一些下流的事情寻找刺激的女孩子而已。

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Last month, he proposed banning sales of Barbie and other dolls that influence girls to put too much importance on physical beauty.

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Mattel says ninety percent of girls in the United States between the ages of three and ten own at least one Barbie doll.

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She says people who criticize Barbie should tell girls the story of the businesswoman who created her.

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Through Barbie, little girls could fantasise about themselves not as mums, but as fun-loving adults.

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Kilpin set out to make Barbie more relevant to today's girls, who usually grow out of Barbies by the time they're 8.

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Barbie drives the U.S. boys and girls toys division, which makes up more than a quarter of sales.

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