What Is It?
It's a Barbie doll that says many things.
What Happened?
This was a controversial doll because of one of the things she says which is "Math class is tough!" which in many Parent's opinions encourages Girls to suck at math. Barbie also says a bunch of other fluffy things like "Will we ever have enough clothes?" and so forth. It was called out for enforcing negative stereotypes about Women.
Aftermath?
The offensive phrase was removed from the doll's vocab
Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/21/business/company-news-mattel-says-it-erred-teen-talk-barbie-turns-silent-on-math.html
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