Gender on Halloween

Gender on Halloween

Mac_Deeds 28 Oct 2009 23:12

Since Halloween is Saturday, it seemed appropriate to share this article I found:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/happy-heteroween/Content?oid=2594616

I like the article as a whole, but it is only the first couple paragraphs that I want to draw attention to.

To help elaborate the point, I've hunted down some images. Keep in mind that each male costume is sold by the same company as, often together with, the female costume next to it.

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Devil-

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Chef-

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Fairy Tale-

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Viking-

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Guard/Prisoner-

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And my favorite, Ghostbuster-

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Halloween is a ritual, of course, and almost like its own little religion. How do you guys feel about the difference between how sexual male and female costumes are? Is sexism part of the religion of Halloween? Should women wear more? Should men wear less?

Re: Gender on Halloween

lesdep 30 Oct 2009 04:48

I know I had issues finding a Halloween outfit that didn't have my butt hanging out the bottom or my cleavage busting out the top. Female costumes are meant to be sexy in these cases but honestly how many women actually look that good in those kind of costumes? Where's the costumes for the rest of us who aren't a size 0?