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Kindergarten class uses realistic dolls to teach sexual education
Last week, Shanghaiist posted pictures of young children learning about the human body by playing with dolls that feature very lifelike parts, including genitalia with pubic hair, reports the Huffington Post. According to ImagineChina, the agency that provided the images to the Huffington Post, the photos are from Yaolan Kindergarten, a school in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province in central China. The pictures were taken in April. The dolls have, naturally, drawn criticism from some parents. “I am worried that it’s not good for the kids to know sexual knowledge so early,” one parent said, according to Shanghai Daily…
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