Many people have heard the story about how the Barbie was based on an adult novelty doll. But the perversion claims are new.
Barbie's Creator Was a "Sexual Pervert"(momlogic.com) In "Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel," many behind-the-scenes secrets about Barbie's creators are revealed. Apparently Jack Ryan, Barbie's designer, was a "full-blown seventies-style swinger" with "a manic need for sexual gratification." At one time, the Yale-educated Ryan was married to Zsa Zsa Gabor -- he surrounded himself with busty blondes.
His friend Stephen Gnass told the author: "When Jack talked about creating Barbie ... it was like listening to somebody talk about a sexual episode, almost like listening to a sexual pervert." Ew! Jack reportedly patronized "high-class call girls to streetwalkers," including a "very thin and child-like" hooker and "somehow rationalized that he was the only man in her life" until he was diagnosed with gonorrhea.
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