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Is that laptop eating your daughter's brain?
Girls are tossing their Barbie dolls aside, in favor of dressing up virtual dolls.
Tracy Clark-Flory [2007-06-06]

  • I'm shocked, shocked etc.

    But, for some of these major virtual play sites, the percentage of female users is staggeringly high: Stardoll's audience is 93 percent female and Cartoon Doll Emporium's user base is 96 percent female. And several sites -- like BarbieGirls.com -- are overtly marketed toward girls.

    Possible headlines:

    DOLL DRESS-UP WEBSITES FAIL TO ATTRACT MALE USERS

    BARBIE WEBSITE TARGETS GIRLS

    -- karldoh
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    Wednesday, June 6, 2007 09:54 PM
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