I know holidays always change as you grow older but I feel like Halloween has changed for everyone in the past decade and not just because I am no longer going trick or treating. Halloween as a kid was all about candy and dressing up like a favorite Disney princess, a scary witch, or a spooky ghost. Now I feel like Halloween is all about dressing up in as little clothing as possible and girls making sure their costume is revealing enough. As I said, I know it changes as one gets older and Halloween in college is drastically different than Halloween in grade school but I feel like people of all ages are concerned about dressing scantily clad.
When I was at Party City a week ago looking for a Halloween costume, I looked at the children's costumes because they are always so cute. I noticed that there were not as many "cute" costumes as I remember there being in the past, and there were so many costumes that are specifically made for young girls that were very revealing. For young girls to already be dressing slutty for Halloween in grade school is setting a terrible example. They are going to grow up thinking that it is alright to dress that way just because it is Halloween. But it doesn't matter what day it is, how you dress is a representation of yourself.
more about "slutty" Halloween costumes:
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I can't find much more right now besides a truly vomit-inducing article from a site called "guyism" or something with the word "guy" in it.
I think the final point to be made about "slutty" halloween costumes is that if that is what a woman wants to dress up as: awesome, go ahead. The other side of the coin is: if you are wearing a slutty halloween costume because it is what is expected, because society wants you to be appealing for men, but you are uncomfortable in it, don't and that is society's fault not necessarily the person wearing it.
Its hard to find who is in the wrong here when it comes to slutty halloween costumes, When you walk into halloween stores there really only are slutty premade costumes out for girls to pick. Where as for guys there are funny, gross, and pervy costumes as options. Alot of people arent creative enough to make their own costume so they settle for the slutty one they can buy.
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