The original Barbie doll was based on a doll that Swiss bidness men would carry around an' fondle while fantasizing. It was called the Lilly doll an' was dressed like a streetwalker from Marseille. The VP of Mattel saw it while on a family vacation in Zurich, bought one, brought it home, had her husband (who was President of Mattel) copy it in a softer plastic, dressed it in trendiest clothes, named it after her daughter an' marketed it to young American girls. Later came Barbie's boyfriend named Ken. Well guess what? The woman who brought the Barbie doll to the world also had a son named, wait for it.... Kenneth. Which considering that Franklin an' Eleanor were First cousins means that Mattel is promoting the sick factor. Ewwwww.