Some moms perceive Barbie as a positive creative influence. "The thing I like about Barbie is that she has so many careers, including more traditionally male-dominated careers. She teaches little girls they can be anything they want to be." They have enough time to learn that because they play with her so much.
She has so many careers and is such a good influence. She helps kids believe in their dreams.
She allows girls to be creative by doing her hair, clothes, make up, then deciding what her personality.
Girls have more confidence when they know they always have her as a friend.
Coyle took a test to see what barbies influence is. Coyle assessed the girls' career aspirations and how flexible they were in their gender attitudes. "I asked them about very masculine or very feminine jobs, and if they think that just men can do the masculine jobs, or that just women can do the feminine jobs, or whether they think both men and women can do the jobs," she said.Then Coyle dressed the Barbies in the non-stereotypical outfits. "The girls watched this transformation of Barbie while we had conversations that did not center on careers at all," she said. "For the most part, after we dressed the dolls, the girls said that they could do the jobs the outfits represented. Sometimes they would comment and say, ‘I've never seen a girl do that before, but, yes, I could do that job when I grow up.' So that was pretty cool." Barbie can be good with more of the right careers.