"If Barbie were an actual woman, she would be 5'9" tall, have a 39" bust, an 18" waist, 33" hips and a size 3 shoe," Slayen wrote in the Huffington Post. "She likely would not menstruate
Barbie and Ken dolls are 1:6 scale, which means that they are 1/6 the size of a real person. A standard Barbie doll is 11.5 inches tall, which would make a real-life Barbie 69 inches tall, or just over 5 feet 9 inches. Ken dolls are slightly taller than Barbie dolls, at 12 inches tall, which would make a real-life Ken 72 inches tall, or just AFP via Getty Images. Barbie has been thoroughly critiqued by prominent feminists like Jean Kilbourne and Gloria Steinem. Barbie has also been a popular subject of academic inquiry. In one study Will the real Barbara Millicent Roberts — aka Barbie — please stand up. She’s definitely not the blonde, tall, and very leggy Margot Robbie, 35, who plays the real-life Barbie in the $100 Uwm03W.