Computer Engineer Barbie

Barbie’s in the news again. A 2010 book with a cover picturing a glamorous Barbie doll computer engineer— who can’t do her job without asking men for help—was recently discovered by a blogger. She was enraged by the book, titled I Can Be a Computer Engineer. Other women took note and also objected to the outdated stereotype of the dumb blonde. Young girls who are fans of the doll were getting the wrong message, they complained. The women went after Mattel, which pulled the book off Amazon and says it has “reworked” the book. Barbie has already been a successful astronaut, doctor and lawyer.