But is this the right message for young women to be sending out? What are your thoughts?
October 22, 2012
Trick or Treat: Slutty Halloween Costumes
As I'm sitting here on my couch with a Cup of Noodles in my hand and looking ghoulish from being sick it got me thinking, Halloween costumes. So, I googled "Halloween Costumes"...well I'm no prude but why are all the costumes sexually driven. Do women use this night of dressing-up as an excuse to dress slutty? These costumes must sell, as every year I see them at costume stores. Sure, its fun to be sexy but when does it go over board and become slutty? One stereotype is the slutty flight attendant; since I actually am a flight attendant I can attest that after a long flight the last thing I look like is anywhere near sexy or slutty. If anything I might look a bit dowdy. But yes, I get it, playing off the stereotypes of certain jobs is part of the fun of dressing-up.
But is this the right message for young women to be sending out? What are your thoughts?
But is this the right message for young women to be sending out? What are your thoughts?
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Ugh I know what you mean - I'm going trick or treating this year with my kids and I want to dress up too - in a fun costume, not a revealing one... So far I've come up with nothing! Even the adult costumes in the grocery store are too cleavage-y!
ReplyDeleteThere is certainly an abundance of "sexy" costumes available for women. There are very few choices for a mom who wants to dress up when she takes her kids trick-or-treating. You pretty much have to make your own!
ReplyDeleteOMG Monica I totally don't get this either. It's so stupid!
ReplyDeleteIt is funny! So many magic dresses
ReplyDeleteI have to admit when I was younger (20's) and single, I thought it was fun. Now that I am older and wiser it certainly takes the fun away from looking for a costume. I supposed that is the reason we always make our costumes at home now.
ReplyDeleteI do agree, there's a fine line. And since when was a Flight Attendant scary? Lol! xx
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