Nginikeze ukubuka konke kokuphefumulelwa kokuthuthukiswa kukaBarbie ngokususelwa kulesi sigaba
Context:URuth Handler wayebuka indodakazi yakhe uBarbara idlala ngonodoli bephepha, futhi waphawula ukuthi wayevame ukujabulela ukubanikeza izindima zabantu abadala. Ngalesosikhathi, onodoli abaningi bezingane babefana nezinsana. Eqaphela ukuthi kungase kube khona igebe emakethe, uHandler wasikisela umqondo wonodoli womzimba womuntu omdala kumyeni wakhe u-Elliot, ongumsunguli wenkampani yokudlala iMattel. Wayengajabule ngalombono, njengoba kwakunjalo ngabaqondisi bakaMattel.  Ngesikhathi evakashele eYurophu ngo-1956 nezingane zakhe uBarbara noKenneth, uRuth Handler wathola unodoli waseJalimane okuthiwa uBild Lilli. Unodoli onobuntu bomuntu omdala wayeyilokho kanye uHandler ayekuhlosile, ngakho wathenga amathathu awo. Wanika indodakazi yakhe eyodwa wabe esebuyisela ezinye kwaMattel. Unodoli okuthiwa uLilli wawususelwa kumlingiswa odumile owavela encwadini yamahlaya edwetshwe uReinhard Beuthin ephephandabeni iBild. ULilli wayeyintombazane eyisicefe, esebenzayo eyayikwazi eyayikufuna futhi eyayingesabi ukusebenzisa amadoda ukuze ikuzuze. Unodoli kaLilli waqala ukuthengiswa eJalimane ngo-1955, futhi nakuba ekuqaleni wawuthengiselwa abantu abadala, wathandwa yizingane ezazithanda ukumgqokisa izingubo ezazitholakala ngokwehlukana.
Unodoli kaBarbie wasungulwa uRuth Handler, owaphefumulelwa unodoli waseJalimane obizwa ngokuthi uBild Lilli. Ngokungafani nonodoli abaningi baseMelika, ababeyizingane, uLilli wayengumuntu omdala. URuth waphefumulelwa ukuba enze uhlobo olufanayo lodoli endodakazini yakhe ngoba waphawula ukuthi indodakazi yakhe yayithanda ukunikeza onodoli bayo imiqulu yabantu abadala.