“Some of it is simply childhood entertainment — because one can, and the curious impulse of ‘what would happen if …’ is quite strong and perfectly natural for kids,” Tanya Stone, author of The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie, said.
, who makes earrings and necklaces out of the ears, eyes and grinning mouths of Barbie, a subject matter she finds “endlessly inspiring.”who tells Yahoo Life, “Part of my research while writing [the book] came from hundreds of anecdotes that a wide variety of people sent me. Barbie bashing was a common theme and seemed to fall roughly into two categories — pure entertainment, and action that stemmed from something deeper. Many referenced it as a sort of punishment for Barbie looking too perfect.
A small 2005 U.K. study out of Bath University by Agnes Nairn, now professor of marketing and consumer behavior at the University of Bristol, examined the topic by interviewing kids ages 7 to 11 about various dolls. "All reported damaging their dolls by cutting off the hair, painting them, or even removing appendages,” noted one study of how kids played with their Barbies.
"The girls we spoke to see Barbie torture as a legitimate play activity, and see the torture as a 'cool' activity," Nairn
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