Good point.
(Me-—I think Ken’s gay).
We even made a Priest collar for one of the Ken's to officiate, but we didn't have any black clothes for him to wear so I think he had black construction paper over his Hawaiian shirt and shorts! My Barbie and Ken even had 3 children, but because I only had other adult size Barbies, the babies were all Weebles!
The newer Ken's or the ones I've seen do look gay. Like they spend their time tanning, getting their nails done and over whitening their teeth! I never remember one friend acting like they had to grow up to look like Barbie. They were just dolls, and we had fun playing with them!
I KNOW Ken is gay. I went to a big Christmas party of theatre people in SanFran where a lot of gay guys were in attendance. We brought wrapped gifts and put them into a big grab bag.
I pulled out a nicely wrapped box: a Ken doll in a ballet tutu. Really, it was very funny.