Gatch Hall CL468, Indianapolis, IN, USA
BMJ. 2023 Dec 18;383:e077276. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-077276.
To identify Barbie brand dolls that had medicine and science themed professions in comparison with other career dolls and to determine their accuracy in meeting clinical and laboratory safety standards.
Descriptive quantitative study.
Visual and data analysis of web searches.
To identify the kinds of medical and scientific subspecialties that the Barbie dolls (and a comparison doll group) worked in; and to determine whether these medical professional and scientist dolls met laboratory and clinical safety standards. Additional data about doll demographics (ie, age, ethnic group, and sex) were also collected.
92 Barbie brand dolls were analyzed: doctor (n=53), scientist (n=10), science educator (n=2), nurse (n=15), dentist (n=11), and paramedic (n=1). 65 non-Barbie brand dolls were also analyzed for comparison purposes: doctor (n=26), scientist (n=27), nurse (n=7), dentist (n=2), engineer (n=2), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technician (n=1) dolls.
Barbie brand medical professional dolls (n=80) largely treated children (66%, n=53/80), with only three (4%) medical professional dolls being directly depicted working with adults. Of the 12 scientist Barbie brand dolls, none met all proper personal protective equipment requirements related to hair and clothing. Barbie brand dolls often came with items, such as laboratory coats, microscopes, stethoscopes, and glasses, that children stereotypically associate with doctors and scientists. While comparison dolls offered a wider range of age and ethnic groups than the Barbie doll group did, the dolls similarly struggled to portray a wide range of medical and scientific subfields and most comparison dolls did not wear proper personal protective equipment.
Medicine and science themed dolls help to inspire tomorrow's medical professionals and scientists. All toy companies should ensure that future medical professional and scientist dolls meet clinical and laboratory safety standards and diversify the types of medical and scientific professions represented (especially among male dominated fields). For young girls' sakes as much as her own, Barbie must keep shattering glass ceilings.
与其他职业玩偶相比，确定芭比娃娃品牌玩偶中具有医学和科学主题职业的玩偶，并确定它们在符合临床和实验室安全标准方面的准确性。
描述性定量研究。
网络搜索的视觉和数据分析。
确定芭比娃娃（和比较玩偶组）从事的医学和科学专业的种类；并确定这些医学专业和科学家玩偶是否符合实验室和临床安全标准。还收集了有关玩偶人口统计学（即年龄、族裔和性别）的其他数据。
分析了 92 个芭比娃娃品牌玩偶：医生（n=53）、科学家（n=10）、科学教育家（n=2）、护士（n=15）、牙医（n=11）和护理人员（n=1）。为比较目的，还分析了 65 个非芭比娃娃品牌玩偶：医生（n=26）、科学家（n=27）、护士（n=7）、牙医（n=2）、工程师（n=2）和磁共振成像（MRI）技术人员（n=1）玩偶。
芭比娃娃品牌医疗专业玩偶（n=80）主要治疗儿童（66%，n=53/80），只有三个（4%）医疗专业玩偶直接描绘为与成人一起工作。在 12 个芭比娃娃品牌科学家玩偶中，没有一个符合与头发和服装相关的所有适当个人防护设备要求。芭比娃娃品牌玩偶通常带有儿童通常与医生和科学家相关联的物品，如实验室外套、显微镜、听诊器和眼镜。虽然比较玩偶比芭比娃娃玩偶组提供了更广泛的年龄和族裔群体，但这些玩偶同样难以描绘更广泛的医学和科学领域，而且大多数比较玩偶没有穿戴适当的个人防护设备。
具有医学和科学主题的玩偶有助于激发未来的医学专业人员和科学家。所有玩具公司都应确保未来的医学专业和科学家玩偶符合临床和实验室安全标准，并使代表的医学和科学职业类型多样化（尤其是在男性主导的领域）。为了小女孩的利益，芭比娃娃必须继续打破玻璃天花板。
