An anatomically correct doll or anatomically precise doll is a doll A doll is a model of a human being. Dolls have been around since the dawn of human civilization, and have been fashioned from a vast array of materials, ranging from stone, clay, wood, bone, cloth and paper, to porcelain, china, rubber and plastic with some of the primary and secondary sex characteristics of a human. In colloquial vernacular it usually refers to the genitals being depicted. This can be for realism or educational purposes. A very detailed type of anatomically correct doll may be used in questioning children who may have been sexually abused. The use of dolls as interview aids has been criticized, and the validity of information obtained this way has been contested.
Overview
Some children's baby dolls and potty training Toilet training, or potty training, is the process of training a young child to use the toilet for urination and defecation, though training may start with a smaller toilet bowl-shaped device . In Western countries it is usually started and completed between the ages of 12 months and four years with boys typically being at the higher end of the dolls are anatomically correct for educational purposes.[1] There are also dolls that are used as medical models, particularly in explaining medical procedures A medical procedure with the intention of determining, measuring or diagnosing a patient condition or parameter is also called a medical test. Other common kinds of procedures are therapeutic , including the large group of surgical procedures. Rehabilitation procedures are included in this group to child patients. These have a more detailed depiction of the human anatomy Human anatomy , which, with human physiology and biochemistry, is a complementary basic medical science, is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the human body. Anatomy is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy. Gross anatomy (also called topographical anatomy, regional anatomy, or anthropotomy) is the study of and may include features like removable internal organs.[2]
Some fashion dolls Fashion dolls are dolls designed to be dressed and redressed to reflect fashion trends or occasionally fantasy play. The dolls are typically made of vinyl or another plastic, and are manufactured both as toys and as collectibles. They are enjoyed by many age groups. The dolls are usually modeled after teen girls or adult women, though child, male, intended for adult collectors, for example the Sybarite The Sybarite is a 16 inch resin artist-doll created by London artists Desmond Lingard and Charles Fegen in 2005. Sybarite dolls are fully articulated mannequin-like dolls and have appeared in several fashion trades . HauteDoll features Sybarites on the Covers of their magazines,[3] and Madame Alexander Madame Alexander is also the business name of Beatrice Alexander, who was born Bertha Alexander, later changed her name to Beatrice, married Philip Behrman and then started her doll business. She was an American entrepreneur who created the first "collectible" dolls based on a licensed character - Scarlett O'Hara from the book and movie dolls,[4] have a level of anatomical correctness beyond that of fashion dolls like Barbie Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration which are intended as children's playthings. Other dolls which are customized and enjoyed by adults are sometimes anatomically correct, like reborn baby dolls A reborn doll is a manufactured vinyl play doll that has been transformed in order to achieve as much realism as possible in order to resemble a human baby. The process of creating a reborn doll is referred to as reborning, and the doll artists are referred to as reborners. Reborn dolls are also known as living dolls or unliving dolls and Asian ball-jointed dolls A ball-jointed doll is any doll that is articulated with ball and socket joints. In contemporary usage when referring to modern dolls, and particularly when using the acronyms BJD or ABJD, it usually refers to modern Asian ball-jointed dolls. These are cast in polyurethane resin, a hard, dense plastic, and the parts strung together with a thick.
Sex dolls are sometimes also referred to as anatomically correct.[5][6][7]
Forensic use
A particular type of anatomically correct dolls are used in law enforcement and therapy. These dolls have detailed depictions of all the primary and secondary sexual characteristics of a human: "oral and anal openings, ears, tongues, nipples, and hands with individual fingers" for all and a "vagina, clitoris and breasts" for each of the women and a "penis and testicles" for each of the men, according to the product descriptions provided by a company that sells such dolls.[8]
These dolls are used during interviews with children who may have been sexually abused. The dolls wear removable clothing, and the anatomically correct and similarly scaled body parts ensure that sexual activity can be simulated realistically.
While there are supporters of the use of anatomically correct dolls in questioning victims of sexual abuse/molestation, there are also critics of this practice.[9] Critics argue that because of the novelty of the dolls, children will act out sexually explicit acts with the dolls even if the child has not been sexually abused.[9] Another criticism is that because the studies that compare the differences between how abused and non-abused children play with these dolls are conflicting (some studies suggest that sexually abused children play with anatomically correct dolls in a more sexually explicit manner than non-abused children, while other studies suggest that there is no correlation), it is impossible to interpret what is meant by how a child plays with these dolls.[9]
These dolls are also sometimes used by parents or teachers as sex education aids.
References
- ^ Heather Corley. "Great Toddler Potty Training Products". About.com. About.com. http://babyproducts.about.com/od/bathsdiaperspotties/a/bestpottytrain.htm. Retrieved 28 November 2008. "Examples are a great way to reinforce potty training concepts for toddlers. What better example than a doll that drinks water and then uses the potty, just like your toddler? The Emma (girl) and Paul (boy) potty training dolls from Corolle are anatomically correct and come with a refillable water bottle and a doll-sized potty chair."
- ^ "If a Doll Wears an Eye Patch, I Can Too". New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. Although it remains both the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States as well as being third largest overall, behind The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, the weekday circulation of the paper has fallen precipitously. January 21, 1988. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=940DE3D6143DF932A15752C0A96E948260. Retrieved 2008-11-26. "With her son's experience in mind, Ms. Zayka, a former research chemist, designed an anatomically correct, life-size boy doll. She sewed it at home and donated it to the hospital to be used for children's demonstrations. The doll, which has changeable faces to suggest sadness and sleep, has cloth layers that attach with Velcro and that open, showing bones and organs."
- ^ Denise Van Patten (8 May 2008). "Leaving Las Vegas With a Sybarite Doll". About.com. About.com. http://collectdolls.about.com/b/2008/05/08/leaving-las-vegas-with-a-sybarite-doll.htm. Retrieved 28 November 2008. "Well, it wasn't long until we had quite a few people around us stealing looks at the Sybarite (her name was Blade, and she was brought nude and quite anatomically correct)."
- ^ Green, Penelope (February 27, 2000). "Meet Alex, a Today Woman . . . er, Doll". New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. Although it remains both the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States as well as being third largest overall, behind The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, the weekday circulation of the paper has fallen precipitously. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EFDA1F30F934A15751C0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2008-11-26. "While he worked on that, I fumbled with Alex's pashmina accessory pack -- two inches of gray cashmere with fringe, accompanied by a gray silk crocheted bag no bigger than a thumbnail -- and tried not to stare at Alex's nipples, clearly visible through her fuzzy pink sweater."
- ^ "Only For The Very Lonely". New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. Although it remains both the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States as well as being third largest overall, behind The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, the weekday circulation of the paper has fallen precipitously. September 14, 1997. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E5D71739F937A2575AC0A961958260. Retrieved 2008-11-26. "McMullen claims that his original intent was simply to create art -- a movable sculpture -- and share pictures of it on line, and that he went into business only after being flooded with E-mails asking if the dolls were anatomically correct and for sale. They are and they are."
- ^ "Well, Hello, Dolly". Time. June 4, 2001. http://www.time.com/time/interactive/love/sex_np.html. Retrieved 2008-11-28. "In his garage, he and his wife—whose hands and feet, but no other extremities, are models for the dolls—built their first anatomically correct girls."
- ^ "High-End, Anatomically Correct RealDolls Get Exposure in New 'Lars' Film". Foxnews.com. October 17, 2007. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,302916,00.html. Retrieved 2008-11-28. "Normally reserved for private play, these high-end, anatomically correct dolls are getting big-screen exposure with the recent release of "Lars and the Real Girl,""
- ^ Migima manufacturer of anatomically correct dolls
- ^ a b c Ceci, Stephen J.; Maggie Bruck (1995). Jeopardy in the Courtroom: A Scientific Analysis of Children’s Testimony. p. 162. ISBN The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code created by Gordon Foster, now Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith and others in 1966 1557986320.
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