stackyFACTSToxic masculinity birthed an entirely new toy category. When launching G.I. Joe, executives knew boys in the 1960s would absolutely refuse to play with anything labeled a 'doll', so they just aggressively rebranded the exact same concept using aggressive military terminology.
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