It’s instructive to compare how dolls in toy stores are sold in America versus how they’re displayed in European toy stores. In Europe, dolls stand side by side on shelves. They’re touching, holding hands with, even embracing each other. In America, a doll is displayed and sold as a single unit, inside a sealed plastic container, as if to communicate that she is alone or, if not, would be smart to keep a distance from her peers. It
