Chinese-made gender-bent dolls confuse Russian children

English Russia says:

In Russian children toy stores have appeared strange Chinese dolls looking like a girl-doll but if fully undressed there can be something found that better would suit for a boy-doll.

People demand to ban those dolls from being sold on the territory of Russia and claim that it maybe done on purpose by some evil forces from outside of Russia in order to form a bad perception of female/male orientation from the early age.

Update:

English Russia also reports that this snow sled made in Germany is causing upset in his country.

Reader comment:

Julie says:

That's a mini-bob! We had two of these growing up (I'm 45, this would have been 30+ years ago). I grew up in New Berlin, WI. My dad worked in packaging for Mead Containers in Milwaukee and often got samples to bring home. The mini-bobs were awesome - you could do great doughnuts on the way down the hill, and could easily pass the weenies on sleds and saucers. I'm not sure if they just never caught on or if they were outlawed. I never saw anyone else with one. They were fairly treacherous, actually, what with the ultra-hard plastic phallic symbol threatening to poke your eye out (or something).

My dad remembers:

"They were entries in a packaging contest. I don't remember who entered them. When we put those things on stage, we arranged them just so, and people would have to keep from laughing. I'd take you kids sledding, and no matter where you went with those things, people would look over and guffaw."

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