Supporters say the dolls are designed to help children discuss gender identity through therapeutic play. However, that’s the point. Children SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSING GENDER IDENTITY, for the simple reason that it IS NOT THERAPEUTIC and IT IS CERTAINLY NOT PLAY!
In a university publication that has since been deleted, University of Minnesota postdoctoral fellow Ben Parchem offered this liberal blurb of insanity:
“They come with interchangeable accessories and removable and swappable genitalia to help children ‘realize all the different options that exist for who they can be, regardless of their body parts.”
Really, Ben, you think it’s appropriate to tell kids as young as four years old that their genitalia are interchangeable? If you do believe that, you have no right to be around children of any age.
Co-creator Dianne Berg tried to defend the ridiculous project in the same publication.
“It’s really important to address the belief, ‘I’m not a “real” boy because I don’t have these private parts,’ versus, ‘I am a real boy, whatever my anatomy looks like. It’s about helping children develop tools to cope with messages in society that could lead to shame.”
Well, Diane, I hate to break this to you, but the anatomy you are born with is all that matters when it comes to determining gender.
The expression “If she had balls, she would be my uncle” is an absolute truism, and your perverted dolls cannot change science, biology, or genetics no matter how many stars you wish upon.