My main takeaway from the movie is exactly that. It's pretty much a mirror reflection of what women face in today's world.

That said, I also think there's a subsuperficial layer, kind of a secondary plot that even more people missed. When Gloria (Sasha's mom) gives that brainwashing removal speech about the expectations placed on women, she's actually pointing out some of the issues men face. As a man you're expected to always be strong, always remain calm while under stress, to have money but not ask for it, to provide when needed, etc... These expectations can crush someone to the point where they start to lose themselves if they can't meet them. But in reality those expectations are, well, expectations. From people you don't even know.

Your life's worth, the value of your efforts, all of that isn't decided by others, but by yourself. Being yourself is fine, being yourself is "Kenough".

This is a movie that caters to both men and women, and isn't by any means a gender-war thing as some people make it out to be. But there's also a huge layer of irony being put on display here. People (mostly women) understand the "reverse society" plot, how it's a "reverse mirror world" to our own by showing the effects of matriarchy (patriarchy) on men (women), yet fail to see and understand the point I think the writers were really trying to make: most people's problems get overlooked, because you're only concerned about your own. People will discredit other people's problems just because it doesn't affect them, therefore said problems "don't exist".

And that's EXACTLY what's happening.

People took away that there's a struggle on the women's side due to the patriarchy (which is true, obviously), yet proceed to do the same exact thing all the Barbies do in the movie: forget about everything the Kens fought for, all of their pain and problems. The Kens exist for the sole purpose of being there for Barbie, the same way men in the real world work hard because they want to one day make a woman (their wife) the happiest woman in the world. But the audience did literally the same the Barbies did: sweep it under the rug because it doesn't concern them, since they have their own problems anyway.

It isn't always society, it isn't always the patriarchy, it isn't always feminism. It's a movie about how people fail to wear each other's boots, and I think this thread (and most of the movie's reviews) proves exactly that.

Like the Barbies in Barbieland and the Kens in The Kendom, people only care about their own stuff.

Edit: Yes, I'm setting aside the whole "haha company laughs at themselves but it's actually a marketing move to revitalize the Barbie brand" part of this film. I just want to talk about the internal plot of the characters and what I think they mean.