The significance of the Ken doll
As a follow-up to the Sunday Life post below in which I ponder why I have a Ken doll displayed amongst religious iconography on an antique toy ironing board in my hallway …Liz the feng shui consultant just posted this:
Ken, it's time to go.
Hi Sarah, It was interesting as I was thinking of you yesterday and that Ken doll!! Ken = perfect man. Is there such a thing?
A very good point. Either I deface Ken. Or Ken goes.
As anyone who follows my column in Sunday Life knows, each week I test a theory or technique for making life better. And as anyone who knows me, I’m taking the quest very seriously. Which means not leaving a perfect Ken doll in my reputation corner, unless I want to be known as someone seeking the impossible. Like a princess, the one with that pea under all those mattresses.
Now Sarah, we all know Ken does not represent the perfect man. How could he, when he is lacking, ahem, vital parts? Unless this has a deeper significance…