Talk:Anatomically correct doll

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Flyer22 Reborn in topic Wrong illustrative photo

paragraph from Day care sex abuse hysteria edit

I copied a paragraph on the controversy of the use of anatomically correct dolls in questioning children from the Day care sex abuse hysteria article, specifically this version: [1]. I have not myself verified the accuracy of the text against the original source used. Siawase (talk) 18:30, 27 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

This article really requires a picture! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.165.220.64 (talk) 23:51, 1 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Sendak edit

That doll in the lower picture looks awfully Maurice Sendak-esque. Is it supposed to be one of his characters? FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk) 04:05, 24 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

Apparently it's Max from Where The Wild Things Are. Oddly, he never appears naked in the book (even though other Sendak characters did in their respective books). FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk) 04:57, 15 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Wrong illustrative photo edit

This toy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anatomically_Correct_Max_(8861899243).jpg [which was used until FEB 2019] is NOT representative.

The doll is still symbolic, as the lips, brows etc. are not anatomically correct.

-》 Let us replace it or change the description to "pseudocorrect"


Also: do the therapists cum investigators really use such suggestive "half-true" props?

Zezen (talk) 07:56, 9 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

It's clearly a novelty item from Where the Wild Things Are. This represents a fundamental problem with the scope of the article: Do any of the reliable sources put children's potty-training dolls, dolls used for therapy, sex dolls and "reborn babies" in the same category? –dlthewave 13:32, 9 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

Update: Thank you, the editors who updated this doll pic here as per my suggestion above! Zezen (talk) 12:35, 22 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

I went ahead and removed Winking Christina as there is no indication that this represents an educational doll. –dlthewave 12:44, 22 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
After seeing this, I also questioned use of that image (whether it's authentic). Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 12:02, 23 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

Scope edit

I propose limiting the scope of this article to children's educational dolls. This could include sex-ed dolls, or be limited to those used in sexual abuse investigation/therapy applications. Few sources discuss the dolls themselves in detail, so it may be better to focus on how they are used and their questionable effectiveness. Here are a few Google Books results: [2] [3] [4]dlthewave 17:57, 9 February 2019 (UTC)Reply