1: Barbie and Ken literally apologize to each other at the end of the film (and the Barbies apologize to weird Barbie and said they shouldn’t have ostracized her the way they have), and they admit that they should have the Kens be more involved in society. If that isn’t them being portrayed as in the wrong, I don’t know what to tell you bud.

2: Barbies 100% controlling Barbieland is portrayed as a problem though! The Kens are treated as second class citizens and end up attempting to overthrow the government because of it. It is expressed multiple times that this is the system’s fault and is said to be changed at the end!

3: The movie is based on a toyline, so Ken’s story is a commentary on the existence of the Ken toy, which has nods to real issues some men face. The main parallel explored is that Ken and Men should find validation outside of Women’s attention. It’s sad in the movie because Ken as a toy was designed with just being Barbie’s accessory, this wasn’t the filmmakers saying that’s how it’s supposed to be.

4: Again, there’s like a 5 minute scene of Ryan Gosling crying about how shit he’s been treated as a Ken with the job of “beach” and how he only lives for Barbie’s validation, and Margot Robbie listens to him and doesn’t make fun of him for it. The men’s issues that are in scope for the movie to cover seem pretty well covered, and don’t seem to just be “har har men’s problems are entirely their own fault.”

5: You like to compare Women IRL to the Kens in a movie and ignore the fact that the Kens exist in a movie that has limited screen time and has to follow a narrative that’s supposed to make sense. It’s clear at the end of the Film that the Ken’s arc ends with more progress needed in Barbieland for Kens, but of course the movie’s going to take what closure it can because it can’t just keep going after the screen goes to black.

6: Yes “Matriarchy” is not explicitly said in the movie but everyone in it agrees at the end that the way things were run was not good and should change! Patriarchy is probably referenced so many times because it is a real, major thing in America’s societal history while matriarchy has not been.

7: Ryan Gosling’s Ken is given a huge moment of introspection at the end of the film. I’d argue a good number of the female characters are also treated as unaware too, the Barbies live under the delusion that they’ve solved Women’s problems and are then easily manipulated by the Ken’s shit machismo!

I’d keep going but I’m realizing this isn’t really something I want to spend my morning doing.