Female barbie makes no sense
What is a woman?
In any case, we have seen all kinds of male-to-female conversions, white-to-black conversions, and even VERY rare black-to-white conversion(s) (Captain Marvel was a black woman in the comics).
It's super rare to see it the other way around. Why is that? Are we all equal or not?
Does gender exist or not? If not, why does race exist?
If 'black' people are now called 'colore.. '.. I mean, 'people OF color' (as in that's somehow DRASTICALLY different?? WHAT?? Why make ANY term that resembles a 'forbidden' term, if that old one is so racist? WHY?)..
..then why are 'white' people still called just boring, old 'white' people instead of 'non-colore..'..I mean, 'people of colorlessedness..'
Hmm.. 'non-colorful people'? 'People of grey'? 'People of lack of color'?
'Black and white' seem to be opposite of each other (though mostly on paper - when we get to 'light', then even colorwheels are different, not to mention all the '24 bits are not enough to display more than 256 luminances' stuff).
However, 'people of color' (what a CLUNKY term even if it DIDN'T resemble the old, SUPER-racist, forbidden, no-no term, like 'crackers'..? What, oh, sorry, I meant, 'colored people'. Now, I get the implication that someone 'colored' these people, so it's insulting, but how is 'people of color' DIFFERENT ENOUGH? Also, why would that NOT be insulting to other people, because suddenly they can't be associated with one of the most beautiful visuals in existence, colors? Also, did not the gay/queer/lesbiangaybitranscommunity (how can there be 'lesbians' if woman can't be defined and gender is just a social construct) already HIJACK colors, going so far as to also hijack a country's flag?)
Ok, I didn't realize I had this much to say and especially ASK about things..
My point is, why is Barbie a woman?
We have seen a FEMALE:
- Hulk
- Thor
- Batman
- Spider-Man
- Captain Marvel (originally a man, before being a black woman)
- Galactus (research 'Daughter of Galactus')
- Superman
- Ancient One (was an old, bearded Asian Man in the comics)
- .. the list goes ON and on..
So why not a male Barbie? Are we sexist now? Why are there no male Black Widows? What about male Wonder Women? Male Catwoman? What about male Madame Web(s)?
Where are the MALE versions and conversions of all these characters?
If we can't have a Batman without a Batwoman, Superman without a Superwo.. wait, for some reason, that's a girl now? Are they somehow afraid of the word Woman, even though they used it for Wonder Woman?
So we CAN have a female Black Widow (who is white, for some reason!) without a male Black Widow (weirdly enough, only a few of these do NOT have a gender in their name!) and a Scarlet Witch without a Scarlet Sorcerer..(although Dr. Strange already exists, so maybe we need a Dr. Strangette as well?)..
..so why can't we have a Spider-Man without a Spider-Woman, Batman, Thor, etc. without a female version? Why does pretty much EVERY even slightly celebrated male 'hero' or 'superhero' have.. not only have, but HAVE to have a female version/conversion/counterpart, then why can't the female ones ALSO have a male counterpart/version/etc.?
SEXISM!!
(This is how it looks when it is done the other way as well, by the way.. but somehow, people don't either see it or care when sudden Female Loki and Female Thor appear..)
There must be dozens of 'female-only' superheroes, but try to name five male ones that do NOT have a male counterpart.
Every time I remember some femme hero/villain/supervillain/etc, like Titania, Volcana, and that Catwomanlike 'Powers of Unluckiness'-woman that always pesters Spider-Man (forgot her name), I realize there is NO male counterpart to them whatsoever.
I mean, I don't care about having a male version of something like Ripley, because she is already so mannish and ugly, she doesn't really even evoke anything feminine or womanlike (though what IS a woman..?) when she's on screen, but just for equality's sakes..
..I know it must look like I am joking, but I am asking very seriously; WHY is it 'laughable' to think of a male Barbie, but NOT laughable to think of a female Thor or female Loki?
I am sure it's only a matter of time when there's female Iron Man (Iron Woman does not sound as good, though), or female Vision (Visionette?), female Ultron (this would ACTUALLY be really cool, if done right, but they couldn't even reach 7% of the 'male' Ultron's 'coolness' in the comics, and there is already a female robot Ultron kinda falls in love with in the comics, so that ridiculous thing was half-done anyway)...
..but I am not holding my breath waiting for a male Dark Phoenix (Saga), male Ororo or male Rogue.
Female Wolverine could be very funny to see, though.
Female Dr. Doom would, of course, be a disaster, but could also be most humorous. What about female Silver Surfer?
Why would Barbie have to be a woman, when we can't even say what a woman is, and gender is just a construction?