to want these toys to fuck off?

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I am so fed up of toys being sold that sexualise children. I am fed up of seeing them in the supermarkets and in toy shops.

L.O.L Dolls have always grossed me out. The way they sexualise girl figurines is unjustifiable IMO and now they have done the same with a boy figurine.

AIBU to feel sickened by these toys?
AIBU to want them off the shelves in supermarkets and toy shops?

Wtf is that?!

It's a L.O.L Doll. Supposed to be cutesy but I've always seen them as seedy.

LOL dolls are grim, but not as bad as those awful Brats doll from a few years ago... Those really were awful.

I agree, that is awful. I'm hoping this brand is out of fashion when my lo is old enough.

How are they sexualising anything? They just look odd to me..... not sexy in any shape or form.

Is that a boy lol doll?

Some of the figurines have lingerie style outfits.

I don't think there is anything wrong with lingerie, but on toddler figures, all kinds of wrong.

Now they have moved onto kink it seems...

I always assumed they were for collectors rather than children tbh.

My DD has been asking about them because some girls in school have them. They are 4-5 years old.

They are marketed at children and can be found next to Barbies etc.

Really struggling to see what is wrong with them! OR the Bratz dolls.

Is it just me or does it look like a reinvented version of Betty Boop

www.emp.co.uk/p/Elf-Betty-Boop-and-Pudgy-(Funko-Shop-Europe)-Vinyl-Figure-505/440632.html?wt_mc=mp.google.pla.emp_uk_labels_funko_pop_pla.359804676.24973427676.440632StUK1.301267562393.aud-742772675003:pla-301267562393.c.&adc=uk&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkK_qBRD8ARIsAOteukAclQMEJq_vbkFJL0N575wrNFo2Zx_P7QmoSTbjuFT42fwU_9rh0pgaAnaqEALw_wcB

4 year olds at school have them?

Come off it!

I don't think my DD has seen them in school, but she has learnt about the dolls from peers in her class.

She often points them out when we go shopping.

It doesn't worry me tbh, kids don't notice it. I do think LOL dolls are overpriced plastic tat but that's another story.

Zeezee3 why are you surprised that 4 year olds have them? That's the demographic they are marketed to.

Zeezee - I feel in my gut that they are wrong.

It is a toddler-like figurine wearing sexual clothing worn by adults, not little children.

My DD7 has loads - I think they look odd but hardly sexualised toddlers 🤔 I think it says more about you than them if that’s what you think. Dolls have ever been thus, children survive blah blah

Barbie was way worse! All tits, skimpy outfits and no waist.
These aren’t even lifelike.

If you look at this and think of anything sexual then I think you should have a word with yourself.

I hate LOL dolls. My daughter has one and i think it looks like a mini sex doll with open mouth, black fishnets and black underwear. I also hate all the plastic crap it comes with.

I've just googled them and while I think they are ugly, I didn't find any that I consider sexualised - and I'm very sensitive about things like that!

Generations of girls played with Barbie and somehow survived untarnished, I’m sure girls today will be fine.

FWIW they are tacky and overpriced but they don’t sexualise children for heavens sake.

(I did know this thread would be about LOL dolls before I opened it though).

I think they are a bit different to Barbie.

I want to know who sits down to design this sort of toy? What was the brief? Where did they get their inspiration?

I think it looks grim. Like a mini sex doll with its open mouth and black pvc clothing. Who designs this shit??

Prison- There is a notable difference between the picture I posted and other toys available to children like Our Generation dolls etc. I don't think it's normal to gift children toys that wear clothes that have sexual connotations.