@rimugu Im not sure its really like that. Before a child vocalizes they will usually latch on to whatever random shit you expose them too. If you shower them with dolls they form a connection with dolls, if you shower them with other toys that is what they become attached to.

If a child was never showered with dolls early in life then there is no need to restrict or impose on the child, they simply wont have any interest in dolls as they didnt have an early attachment to the concept, they havent even considered dolls before.

Most parents encode the interests of a child when their an infant and simply dont even realize it. By the time they are old enough to talk you assume its their own free will and interests, and to some extent that will develop, but largely in the early years it will just perpetuate whatever you choose to expose them to in infancy.

Literally the only reason little girls want to play with dolls is because adults buy them dolls when their infants and it sticks, thats it. I dont think any child who grew up never knowing of dolls would start wanting dolls on their own once their able to talk, maybe a few, but most people i dont think would see any interest or appeal in a doll unless they already had some history with it as a child such as cuddling with one as they go to bed.