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Erm don't you think you're horribly overreacting?
It's just a doll.
What in the western culture does NOT promote the : "dress-up, make-up, gotta-have-STUFF attitude"
I bet even right now your daughter's idea of a "successful" woman is one who is dessed up, with make up, and has plenty of stuff. I bet that she craves to grow up to have stuff, be dressed up and have make up.
Having or not havign a babie will not change any of that.
I grew up in Russia with almost no toys of any kind most of the time, yet all my life I've desired to quire a vast array of stuff and things to dress up in. (List of toys I had: 2 plush toys.(6 inch bear like but not bears), 40 piece 'lego' ripoff, 2 matchbox cars (shit ones made in Ukraine), various plastic soldiers, toy gun that looked like an AK. Thats it.)
What exactly is so sinister about wanting "stuff"?
Don't even start me on the toy guns...When I didn't have a toy gun, I used a stick and said "BANG BANG BANG". I did so extensivley. My favourite toy was an AK style gun which made a clicking sound. I went to many firing ranges with airguns in Russia since the age of 6 (if not way less. I know once they had to get a chair for me to stand and reach the counter) and I was damn accurate (8/10 or better) . (My grandfather was in the army taught me to aim and took me to one at every chance he got.). To date I have yet to fire a real firearm, own one, or desire any of these things.
Toys do not make people hookers, killers, bad mothers, good mothers, christians, satanists, rocket scientists or drug addicts. They can help develop abilities, but it's what you tell your kids and who their friends are that shapes them. Sure your kid might learn to hold a gun, aim a gun etc if he has a toy gun, but it won't make him want to kill people - just make him not miss if he chose to do so.
No I do not have kids. Yes the above is my own opinion based on my experience and my life. Rant off..
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