Would you buy this doll?

[kval07]

I am a big fan of all Matthew's topless photos.

I think it is more about having the right to go topless if you want to, not a whole lot of women exercise that right though. But if it is legal for men to go topless I think women should have the same right. I would not personally do it, but I am OK with the right to do so.

If it is a notion only a womans breast is found sexually attractive I have to beg to differ. A males breast can be just as sexy.



SEXY if you ask me! But the mere sight of a males breasts would not incite most females to rape him. In fact the mere sight of a woman's breasts would not incite most males to rape her either...only a select handful of sickos. A woman's breasts were created for 2 reasons, the first and probably the most important IMO is to feed a baby(ies) and the second one would be sexual attraction. Although #2 is not standard in all of humanity. In some cultures the breasts are not seen as sexual but only as a means of #1 above. There are cultures that consider the thigh a sexual feature and women there are not allowed to expose their thigh, but the exposure of the breast is A-OK.

[mxmom99]

i just wanted to say ****drooooollllllll****

[ATLmom]

I would not buy this doll because it's expensive and silly. But I have no problem with other people buying it. (My LLL mentor says if a baby makes sucking noises while nursing then he/she is not latched on properly.)

[too-old-now]

My LLL mentor says if a baby makes sucking noises while nursing then he/she is not latched on properly.

Funny, but many many many years ago, DW and I had a very similar conversation...

[shetlandponyluvr]

I came across this on another site...

What a doll! Bebe Gloton, a breast-feeding toy for children, makes sucking noises as it 'feeds'


Would you buy it for your daughter or son?

Is it really appropriate?

I, personally, am a bit too shocked at the CONCEPT to make a clear judgement. :shrug7:

That just seems, creepy...

[caednkat]

I came across this on another site...

What a doll! Bebe Gloton, a breast-feeding toy for children, makes sucking noises as it 'feeds'


Would you buy it for your daughter or son?

Is it really appropriate?

I, personally, am a bit too shocked at the CONCEPT to make a clear judgement. :shrug7:

This particular doll.. no because it's a little pricey. I love the concept though. Until my daughter learned to use the play bottles in the nursery at church she would put her dolls to her chest because she had never seen a bottle and well Mommie's chest was where the milk came from.

I'm a little more shocked that so many people in this thread seem to have a problem with it. I want my daughter to grow up knowing that breastfeeding is natural and beautiful. I hope that she chooses to breastfeed her children when she has them. Why wouldn't I teach her that it was the way babies are fed when she is little?

Of course she is 8 and now and "too cool" for baby dolls. lol

[VANILLAGRRL]

Amen to that! DD has asked for a Bratz doll many times (one of them has the same name as DD). Those dolls disgust me! Someone I'm not close to bought her one for a present. It went straight into the trash can!

I didn't read all of the posts, so I may be repeating here, but I don't see what the big the deal is....I'm not sure that I would spend an outrageous ammount of $$on it when they can "nurse" any old doll, I don't see any issues in letting them pretend to nurse, espeacially if their is a newborn nursing in the house it might help them understand and feel more like mommy.

I would certainly buy this before I would buy one of those over made up, belly baring, big headed slut dolls for my daughter...if I had one.

I say they are slutty...and down right UGLY, you can't honestly try to tell me that a doll dressed in an exact outfit that a porn star may wear is not slutty...well you could, but I won't buy it.

They are WAY different from Barbie, Barbie is an American classic, yes, she does have some not so tasteful outfit choices, BUT she so many styles that you can be really picky on what you buy...I have seen maybe 2 Bratz outfits that I would aprove for my kid...and that's pushing it

They LOOK slutty.

Yes, a parent can choose to buy their 7yo a thong...but I don't want to hear about it when that kid is 12, has a 20something yo boyfriend and is knocked up...I also don't want to be supporting her (no, I am not saying that JUST b/c she wears a thong at 7 [or any other suggestive clothing] that this will always be the case, I'm just trying to make a point)

To just further solidify my point (where I'm getting this) When I was on Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force in high school we went to talk to some local 6th graders about abstinence, but we were too late...three of them were already knocked up, two of the fathers were in their 20s and one in his late teens...and not to say it was the girls' faults but they certainly didn't dress like sixth graders....

This year already TWO going to be sixth graders are pregnant...to me that is just plain sad...I'm not pinning it all on Bratz, BUT they could be a little more role model ish


OH, and they may be "intended" for 6+, but are so marketed to...and bought for 3+

I completely agree with these posts. The first time I saw one of these ugly dolls it made my skin crawl. I don't see how anyone can miss the image that these dolls clearly send to our little girls. How gross! And even beyond how they look, why would anyone think it's a good idea to imply to little girls that being a brat is a good thing??!! It seriously boggles my mind. God forbid we teach our little girls about modesty and being respectful of themselves and others. I am not saying that anyone who gives their kids one of these dolls doesn't try to teach those things, but why would a kid take you seriously if on the other hand you hand them one of these dolls? Seems like a very mixed message to me.

As for the breastfeeding doll, I probably wouldn't buy one, but they don't really bother me either. My daughters always just pretended to BF their regular dolls. That is what an imagination is for. I'm too cheap to shell out the money for something like that anyway! LOL.

[MaryMary]

Originally Posted by MaryMary
I do not want too graphic but why men are attracted to women's breasts?

Because we are men.

That's my point. Men will always react on topless women, the only difference is how they'll do it: keep it in own thoughts only or let it come out in looks, words, etc.

I do not think that women should cover up just because some man will find it sexual. As TON said...men are men...they will find lots of thing sexual. I would be fine with it being lawful for a woman to go topless. Actually it is legal in some places such as DC, the states of New York, Columbus OH, Ontario Canada, Moscow Idaho, and I am sure some other places too.

Women should do whatever feels comfortable for them. That's includes reaction of others, men included, on her appearance and attire: she might be OK to go topless but how others look, talk and behave towards her might change her opinion on how to dress. Right or wrong, good or bad, she cannot predict nor control others.

This specific doll is expensive, promoting wrong BF technics (as was mentioned above the right latch shouldn't be noisy), has nothing left to imagination. Me personally do not think a child of dolls age would benefit from it in any way.

[shashabell]

I do not want too graphic but why men are attracted to women's breasts?

OK, a Cliff Claven moment here. Remember him from Cheers?

First of all, I'm not saying I believe this, because I think we always walked upright, but that's a different thread. I just want to get that out there right away.

This is the scientific explaination. I'll try to say it tactfully:

When humans were walking around on all fours, the womans bottoms were eye level. It all had to do with mating needs and availablity of seeing what was right there. When human began walking on two legs, the bottom became tucked and hidden. It was no longer round and out there. kwim? Women's breast then became eye level and had sort of the same shape as the rump. Breasts then became the attraction shaped part of the body in regards to mating that was inbred in humans minds since the beginning of time.