Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Bebe Gloton Dolls...Weird!


All girls have had dolls when they were young that had to be fed, changed, and stopped from crying, but that was as far as it went. A Spanish toy company has now upgraded to a new type of doll that young children can breast feed! Of course it's not real breast feeding, but it comes with a top that resembles a bra. The baby is to latch on to the 2 flower pedals on the top where it creates a sucking sound. Once it's done feeding the "mother" has to burp the baby to stop it from crying.

Now we know children love toys that resemble real life, but honestly this is slightly creepy. Right now the doll is not available in the U.S and most people have agreed that it should never be.

After watching a demonstration video people were less than excited for this new product. "This toy would never work in the U.S. because the public would sexualize the act of breastfeeding, thereby deeming it inappropriate for little girl to engage in," another wrote: "Honestly, I think this is awful. Now let me just be clear, I think breastfeeding is wonderful and wholeheartedly encourage it, however, it is completely inappropriate to allow a young girl to mimic it."

It does seem strange for girls, who haven't even developed into young women, to reenact breast-feeding.

On the flip side others argue that this could be a good opportunity to change the way breast feeding is looked at now a days. It can go back to being good natural and wholesome, cause let's face it...when it comes to breast feeding America takes on a slightly immature view of it.

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