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From a blogger I shall not name:

Barbie Creator Was A Sex Addict, Ken Was Gay

Jack Ryan, the man who made Barbie a household name in the 70's, was a full blown sex addict for a penchant for tall blonds in heels. Surprised? Meh.

From Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel:

Ryan's friend, Stephen Gnass, confides to 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 . . ." Ryan took calls at Mattel from a madam and patronized "high-class call girls to streetwalkers," including a "very thin and child-like" hooker. The book claims that Ryan "somehow rationalized that he was the only man in her life" until he was diagnosed with gonorrhea.

Meanwhile the man that Ken doll was named after, the son of Mattel founders Ruth and Elliot Handler, turned out to be gay after years of embarrassment from having a figure bearing his name with no genitalia. The irony of Mattel now suing Bratz Dolls is not lost on anyone.