Concerned about preserving Islamic culture, Iran's prosecutor general is striving to control the importation of Western toys, including Barbie, the objection to her being that her dress is not conservative enough. This may lead to more young kids in China being sold to sweatshops to sew tiny Burkas to cover Iranian Barbie. Look for Ken to be costumed in a tan jacket in the tradition of the president of Iran.

In addition to adapting Barbie to conform to Islamic standards, it may be that Mattel will now rethink their approach and introduce a new line of Stereotyped Barbies in order to more accurately represent a wider range of women, such as:

• Thai Barbie - young, petite with straight black hair in traditional dress, accompanied by a massage table, while Ken is a bloated, older Western guy with credit cards
• French Barbie - designer suit, scarf fashionably wrapped around her neck, cigarette dangling from her mouth, comes with her own glass of red wine and a permanent scoff at the sight of Americans
• Korean Barbie- straight dark hair, with her own manicure set
• Israeli Barbie - wears wig over her blonde hair, modest dress, opaque stockings, complete with six kids and a stroller
• Mormon Barbie - in long, pastel prairie dress, mounds of hair piled atop head, face expressionless and dazed, comes with many other almost identical, Mormon Barbie dolls and one Ken, whom they all share
• Cambodian Barbie - malnourished, boxed with limbless Ken, but prosthetics are available for purchase
• Trafficked Barbie - she can come from many countries, has no passport, is confined to a brothel along with other unfortunate victims.

If this leaves you uneasy, instead of buying Barbie dolls, contribute to appropriate organizations!

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