A Barbie commercial that features a boy playing with the doll for the first time ever is getting praise for challenging gender barriers.
The adorable blonde boy with a Mohawk is seen smiling and giggling with two female friends in the ad as they play with the new limited edition Moschino Barbie dolls.
'Moschino Barbie is so fierce!' he says to the camera as he holds Barbie's pursue before placing it on her arm. (Yes its Pursue daily mail did it twice lol)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3321493/Adorable-boy-Mohawk-stars-new-commercial-sold-Moschino-Barbie.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/11/17/with-boy-in-barbie-ad-mattel-and-moschino-aim-to-bust-gender-stereotypes/
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/11/16/there_s_a_boy_in_this_barbie_commercial_and_he_is_a_sign_of_the_girly_capitalist.html
As an aside some comments
They should show the boy playing with Barbie the way boys really do. Boy play with Barbie falls into three categories:
1. Do horrible things with Barbie to annoy his sister.
2. Torture and disfigure Barbie by pulling off her head, arms, and legs to annoy his sister.
3. Older boys and girls use Barbie and Ken (or another male doll, or two) to enact kinky erotic tales.
This comment seems to represent the general trend
Back when I was a kid my 12" GI Joes (not those little POS) would bang the hell out of my sister's Barbies.
Especially Skipper.