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Model human with primary and secondary sex characteristics
This article is about realistic dolls used in education, criminal investigation, and therapy. For other uses, see
Fashion doll
and
Sex doll
.
An
anatomically correct doll
or
anatomically precise doll
is a
doll
that depicts some of the
primary
and
secondary sex characteristics
of a human for 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.
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Overview
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Some children's baby dolls and
potty training
dolls are anatomically correct for educational purposes.
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There are also dolls that are used as medical models, particularly in explaining
medical procedures
to child patients. These have a more detailed depiction of the
human anatomy
and may include features like removable internal organs.
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One notable anatomically correct doll was the "Archie Bunker's Grandson
Joey Stivic
" doll that was made by the Ideal Toy Co. in 1976.
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The doll, which was modeled after infant character Joey Stivic from the Television
sitcom
series
All In The Family
, was considered to be the first anatomically correct boy doll.
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The dolls are also sometimes used by parents or teachers as
sex education
.
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Forensic use
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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 female dolls and a "
penis
and
testicles
" for each of the male dolls.
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citation needed
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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.
There is some criticism with regard to using anatomically correct dolls to question victims of sexual abuse.
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Critics argue that because of the novelty of the dolls, children will act out sexually explicit maneuvers with the dolls even if the child has not been sexually abused.
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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.
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