Jaimie Etkin: The Devil Wore Manolos
Next Up, A Pole-Dancing Doll
Filed under: In The News, Weird But True, Toys
Would you buy your daughter a pole-dancing doll? Credit: Gizmodo.com
If anyone was wondering if the world was doomed, here is your confirmation.
The scoop on this new plaything came from Gizmodo's Jesus Diaz, and features a somewhat grainy photo of a doll in a shiny dress hanging on a pole. A giant heart emblazoned with the word "Pole Dance" is at the top. The box promises "Style." "Interesting." "Music." "Flash." "Up and Down." "Go Round and Round." It might've said "Ewww," "Gross," "Criminal"," but in all likelihood the upstanding manufacturers ran out of room.
No mention is made of inserting money anywhere.
In an email message, Diaz told us today: "As far as I can tell, it's a real product. It didn't seem PhotoShopped to me. It feels more like the typical Chinese-made product you can only find in low cost stores."
We were unable to confirm the actual existence of this product. Google searches turn up nothing more than references to the Gizmodo item. So perhaps there is some hope for the planet.
Then again, maybe not.
In case you haven't noticed, pole-dancing has become mainstream. Miley Cyrus' recent performance on the Teen Choice Awards on August 10th generated a lot of controversy.
Then there is the video of Miley's younger sister Noah, who is 9, dancing around a pole with some friends during a Teen Choice Awards pre-show party. Maybe they should re-name it the Teen Bad Choices Awards.
Going back three years, there was an uproar over a real pole-dancing product that some felt was being marketed as a children's toy. In 2006, the Peekaboo Pole Dancing Kit was pulled from the toy section of a British store after a public outcry. The kit included fake money, a garter, instructional DVD and of course, a pole.
Even if the Pole Dance doll turns out to be fake, the real problem is how easy it is to believe that it's real. So when anyone says that the pole that Miley and Noah danced around was not a stripper pole, they're wrong.
It was.
Let's face it, stripping has become mainstream. Does this mean that little girls who catch a glimpse of the Cyrus sisters will grow up and pursue pole-dancing as a profession? Hopefully not. If kids always became what they pretended to be when they were young, we'd be a nation of astronauts, fairy princesses and super heroes.
That said, sexualizing childhood is bad news from the get go. Little girls should not be learning that doing a sexy dance is a way to entertain? (There will be time enough in college to learn such behavior.)
What do you think? Is this pole-dancing doll real?
Your<span>Voice</span>
Ask Us Anything About Parenting
Recently Asked
- If i own all or most of the property in dc think the mayor already knows. president and others including Embassies. on my property for 20 +years
- 50 million people vote and 25% do not vote for you =12.5 million would you really want your image on tv after position ended(you r your entity
- Alot of .gov when submitting a program or proposal for government agency (be sure you personally can provide for the agency)
RelatedVideos
-
Fertility Diet to Increase Your Pregnancy Chances
What men and women eat could increase their chances of having a baby. Find out the best foods for him and her!
-
Principles of Good Reading Lessons
Learn the principles of good reading lessons with this how to read lesson.
-
Peach and Parsnip Baby Food Recipe: 7+ Months
Learn how to make a healthy and tasty peach and parsnip puree great for babies 7+ months.
-
Stay-at-Home Dad Advice from Attorney General's Husband
Cartoonist and husband to Illinois' Attorney General has written a book with some sage advice from an experienced Stay-at-Home dad.
SitesWeLove
- Site Map
- |
- Staff
- |
- Terms of Service
- |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Trademarks
- |
- Advertise With Us
- |
- About Our Ads
- |
- AOL Downloads
- |
- Contact Us
- |
© Copyright 2012 AOL Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Aol Family
ReaderComments (Page 3 of 8)
9-01-2009 @ 2:06PM
Cee64E said...Dee, it's nice to know I wasn't the only one to see things clearly. It was just something to hold on to. If you people see a little girl swinging around a post and think slut on a stripper pole, then you people are the pervs, not her or her dad or her producer. You.
For all you "Christians" out there breathing fire over this (or anything else the kid does) remember that you were a lowly sinner, too, before you were saved. You still most likely are... Being a Christian doesn't make you perfect, it makes you forgiven. People in glass houses and all that...
9-06-2009 @ 4:59PM
MoshiMoshi said...Ugh, is it safe to live on the moon yet? Im ready to get away from all this nonsense!!
9-01-2009 @ 7:21AM
beck said...I can't believe that a breast feeding doll is being ranked with a pole dancing doll--there is something wrong with the mentality that breast feeding a baby is a skanky-whore thing to do as pole dancing!
I do agree with Cee64E, having three daughters of my own, that little girls twirl around poles (swingset poles, stair banisters etc..) like little boys use those same poles to karate flip around.
It comes down to parental decision, I don't buy my girls Bratz dolls, I don't allow my minor-age girls to dress like twenty-something club whores. I want my children to be children, plenty of adult time in their life to decide how they choose to portray themselves in the world.
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 7:37AM
renee said...I feel that little girl look up to Miley Cyrus. And whoever came up with this doll is not right. Let the babies stay babies. What;s happening to this world. I feel that it should not b on the market period!!. That whats wrong with these little girls now seeing to much on tv and growing up to fast. They need not to let this doll be on the market to be sold. The people who came up with this is oly thinking about ,oney because they know just because it's a miley doll people children are going to want it. Focus on the Kids education not a stripper doll !!!
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 7:35AM
Kyle said...Actually I like the Idea of them dancing around the Pole, It's the adults that associate it with stripers, the Kids probably just think of it as something to hold onto so my uncoordinated ass doesn't hit the floor. Looking at most of the kids today, let them dance, or any other exercise, that can keep them from getting any wider . I'd rather see them pole dance now, and stay in shape, then wait 5-10 years and resort to pole smoking to get a boyfriend, cause there to fat to get one any other way.
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 8:44AM
Marie said...Wow, you'd rather see kids pole dancing than gain weight!!??? Okay you have officially made me understand why our kids are so screwed up. Thank you mom of the year. I don't mean to lash out, but what you wrote just sounds absurd.
9-01-2009 @ 3:08PM
Ms. GTO said...I bet you'd think differently if you caught YOUR daughter doing it.
And why are you so worried about young girls staying in shape to attract a boyfriend? That just furthers the point. Women are being sexualized and objectified- why should we have to do ANYTHING just to get/keep a man? I work out because I WANT to, not because my husband tells me I HAVE to or else.
9-01-2009 @ 11:34AM
ines said...Yes, that's a good idea - let your daughter pole dance now to "stay in shape". What the hell is wrong with you. I guess if a bunch of kids decided to commit suicide you'd encourage that too. After all - everyone's doing it.
9-01-2009 @ 7:41AM
Charlie Campi said...CORP. BOTTOM FEEDERS..THESE PEOPLE ARE PREYING
ON OUR CHILDREN TO MAKE A BUCK..THERE WHITE COLLAR
DIRT BAGS. LET'S SEE, WE HAVE BABRBIE DOLL NOW WITH
TAT'S, POLE DANCING WHATEVER THAT IS..WHAT'S NEXT..HOW ARE WE GOING TO STOP THIS PURE INSANITY...
THERE STRIPPING THE VALUES AND MORAL RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER KIDS...
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 7:38AM
rkeith306 said...Mark my words Miley is going to turn out like Lindsay Lohan in a few years - too much fame and fortune at such a young age. The whole family is make up of freak hicks
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 2:20PM
rkeith306 said...LOL
9-01-2009 @ 7:41AM
bil2lay said...I opened this photo in Photoshop to examine it. The box looks like a prototype, and a cheap one at that. It looks like it was printed on a laser printer and spray mounted to a shoe box. I worked in printing and packaging for 30+ years. I believe this is a fake.
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 8:12AM
sliptera924 said...what next huh??? coke snorting kardashian with viles of coke....i understand kids are getting older nowadays but come on now.kids should be learning how to rollerskate,paint,and ride a bike..not ride a pole..this downright pis!$s me off....as rodney dangerfield once said." HEH NO RESPECT"
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 8:21AM
carole said...At 16 they know exactly what they are doing. They think that dancing like that makes them sexy, They do not realize that it makes them look easy and sluty not sexy. I have a daughter who watches miley and I try to explain that is her act.
Visit http://www.webkinzfriends.com
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 8:37AM
sliptera924 said...they do not know what there doing at 16..there have been plenty of things i did at the age of 16 that now as an adult i am not proud of.the thing is that you THINK you know what youre doing cause as a human your getting older and your mind is as old as it is so it thinks it knows..when infact it has much to be taught....wich is where PARENTS come in and make the big efect....much like the big bang theory!! parents are a very big fact in a childs life in dif. age ranges..my dad died when i was 19 and even then i knew i needed him and knew i wasnt the same with out him..parents.make the best of your time with your children.you never know when it might mean the most
9-01-2009 @ 8:34AM
david said...This is all just so politically incorrect. I bet the people of Warsaw and Krakow and all the others are getting ready to wage war right now over this "pole" fiasco.
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 9:23AM
connie said...ppl are commenting on the "pole dance " she actually didnt do anything very sexual, but the "im moving my hips like yeah" line she bumps a bit which is more disturbing than the dance on the cart
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 3:16PM
cathy rohrscheib said...yeah i can hear a lot a guys say hold on to this. daddy should have his but kicked .is this the only thing she can offer. teen sex well in just over a year when she is knocked up .unless some one put her on the pill ,heff will have her in his stabble
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 9:12AM
web said...The girls may as well learn soo, so that they can pole dance for a living, or keep their 1-2-3 husbands at home.
Reply
9-01-2009 @ 9:15AM
Dana said...I just cant believe they are making miley and her sister out to be bad people for kids. I didnt see anything wrong with what miley did on the pole, she held on the pole while people pulled her on a cart.. Maybe people making this crap up with miley and her sister is the one putting more stuff into peoples heads to even think things are in a bad way. For miley's sister she is 9.. come on guys.. do we always believe what we hear, look at the youtube believe is seeing?? You know people publishing this stuff have to try and make it out to be much more so they get the most reviews!!
Reply