Computer Engineer Barbie

In response to poll results indicating strong support for computer engineers, the doll set was created and introduced in 2010.

In 2014, Mattel apologized for the accompanying book, I Can Be a Computer Engineer, after complaints that it represented Barbie as incompetent in the field, needing the help of men.

Voters were able to choose between five choices: computer engineer, architect, environmentalist, news anchor, and surgeon.

[10][11] The book received extensive criticism, especially beginning in November 2014, for depicting Barbie as relying on two male friends to program the game she is designing.

[13][14][15][16][17] A website was created to enable people to replace segments of the book's text with their own,[18] and Mattel pulled the title from Amazon after many critical reviews.