According to a new study, the proportion of Barbie-brand dolls with the toy’s iconic tip-toe posture has dropped over time. Cylie Williams of Monash University in Frankston, Australia, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One.
Barbies today are much less likely to be on their tip-toes than in past decades
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