For generations, children played ‘house’ with realistic-looking baby dolls. Well, they were realistic in just about all ways except for one: what was between the doll’s legs. Traditionally, toy manufacturers would produce dolls with little to no hint that genitals might actually exist. One company is changing that, and parents are not happy.
The ‘You & Me Mommy Change My Diaper’ doll collection from Toys ‘R’ Us features anatomically correct genitals on their new baby boy doll. The appearance of a penis on a toy, particularly one usually used by girl children, is freaking a lot of people out.
Parents expressed so much outrage when a photo of the doll was introduced on Facebook that the company took the picture down. The parents consider the doll ‘inappropriate’ and claim anatomical correctness is ‘unnecessary’. They’ve even suggested that if the store is going to sell the toy, they don’t show the penis on the box, and place a ‘warning’ for buyers.
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Not everyone thinks that it’s wrong to put a penis on a baby doll. In fact, some feel it’s absurd to call it wrong. “How on earth is it inappropriate for a child to see a naked baby? What about a baby makes a penis or a vulva dirty or sexual?” Writes Monica Beyer of SheKnows.com.
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Dr. Logan Levkoff, a sexologist, says parents are failing if they ban the word ‘penis’ or are afraid to tell their kids that boys and girls have different body parts.
This is not the first anatomically correct children’s doll. Archie’s Bunker’s Grandson Joey Stivic from the 1970’s TV show ‘All in The Family” came out with a doll that was anatomically correct in 1976. Somehow, we’ve taken a step backward.
Source: Huffington Post
Photo: Donna Wood Burgmann/Facebook
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