A Barbie book titled 'I Can Be A Computer Engineer' in which Barbie needs men to fix her technical issues has been criticised for reinforcing gender stereotypes Get daily headlines and breaking news ...

For a guy named Ken, and as a computer engineer, I'm taking this Barbie diss pretty hard. But, news is news, so here's how it played out. Some people felt that Barbie failed as a computer engineer and ...

Barbie asks male friends to code for her in "I Can Be a Computer Engineer" book. — -- Barbie has been an astronaut and a doctor, but when it comes to computer programming, she seems to need a man ...

The cause of equality in IT careers got a boost this month from a somewhat unlikely source: Barbie. As revealed on the official website (warning, it's a PDF), every little girls' favourite vacuous ...

This is actually wonderful. Barbie’s had 124 careers since 1959, ranging from Stewardess to Paratrooper. Today she gets her 125th: computer engineer. You can tell she’s smart ’cause she’s got glasses, ...

From the “Don’t You Wish This Happened In Reality Dept.” comes the news that Mattel’s Barbie, evidently tiring of her careers as “babysitter, cowgirl, ballerina and ambassador for world peace,” ...

Mattel gets it wrong -- again -- with a "computer engineer" Barbie who can't code and needs help from boys. To say nothing of that hot pink laptop. (Ariana Cubillos/AP) In 2010, Mattel asked what ...

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In recent years, Barbie has been accused of promoting an unrealistic body-type and negatively influencing young girls. In the book, published by Random House, Barbie starts the day saying she's going ...

The impossibly proportioned, looks-obsessed Barbie is hardly a feminist icon, but a book about the doll becoming a computer programmer has taken gender stereotypes to a new level. The book, titled ...

For a guy named Ken, and as a computer engineer, I'm taking this Barbie diss pretty hard. But, news is news, so here's how it played out. Some people felt that Barbie failed as a computer engineer and ...