She teaches little girls that women can be strong and independent and that scares the shit out of weak men.

Misogyny. Barbie is about feminism. Feminism is about women having power and not being objects for men to control. Men hate this. Republicans support this oppression entirely.

They’re secretly gay and are afraid that seeing feminine concepts and objects will make them slip up and do something fabulous, so they put their emotions in a box and CRUSH IT

To be fair, it’s only a very particular subset of grown men. For instance, I am a grown man, and I have no problem with Barbie stuff. In fact, I’m gonna go see the movie next week because I’ve heard it’s incredibly good. Weird reactions to stuff like this seems to always come from men who are members of hyperconservative and often theologically-oriented groups.

Republicans and stereotypical incel neckbeards hate that the male sex no longer rules supreme or controls every aspect of the Internet, and modern Barbie reminds them of that fact

Aside from the typical misogyny this movie in particular makes some pointed criticisms of masculinity. They either don't see that reactions like this makes their masculinity look very insecure, or they are aware that hatred sells to their audience better than fair level-headed reactions.

Basically, they’re angry because they’re turned on.

This is similar to Hasidic Jews or ultra conservative Muslim men freaking out at western women and blaming women for being unable to control themselves.

They also can’t stand to see women who are … you know… successful at anything other than being a housewife.

I'm convinced this is one of the reasons I love the color pink. I remember as a kid, my grandpa and occasionally my dad getting so insecure about the prospect of wearing/one of their boys wearing pink. Even at that age, I thought it was absurd that a man would be scared of a color. Ironically, that makes pink the most badass, punk-rock color, in my head.

This is absolutely a brilliant post. You nailed it.

In their defense, a doll is an awful lot like an idol.

They can’t stand the existence of movies implying that women are people too

Barbie is definitely made for adults.

Hey, I'm pissed at the Little Mermaid and Snow White, but that's because I'm pissed at ALL the live action remakes. They're unnecessary garbage, every last one of them. If they want new generations to enjoy the stories, restore/upgrade/remaster/etc. the originals and stop "vaulting" them.

And I don't know anything about She-Ra. If it's anything like the He-Man reboot, fuck yes, go for it.

Considering Barbie was PG-13 it is very much not a movie "made for little kids", which is the argument these people use to complain about it.

They're protecting your kids! /a

At the same time, they're all for freedom coincidentally.

This dude is gonna get to the Pearly Gates and hear "get away from me for I never knew you."

Dignity isn’t profitable.

Most do, in my experience. These guys are more like right wing influencers with a Christian theme than actual clergy, as far as I can tell.

Yes, but enough about the Bible.