I can only speak to my neighborhood, but I have to say that, as usual, the media misses the details. Of course there was a big brouhaha about the state of the world based on the scantily clad outfits being sold to girls for Halloween. Certainly, no one was commenting on the inappropriate outfits being sold to boys, but back to my point.
The media can finally put down their bells and alarms, the state of the world has not changed dramatically, Halloween outfits this year are standing firm. I witnessed girls dressed as fairies unlicensed by Disney, aliens, fighter pilots, and doctors. There was a large segment of creepy vampires of both genders and the requisite cats, bunnies, various insects and yes Disney princesses. Basically the same outfits children have been wearing for the past ten years.
I am tired of the fear of female sexuality being played out in super creepy and inappropriate ways, such as through a bizarre discussion of slutty Halloween costumes for girls. Lots of things exist in the marketplace every year with the hope that it will sell, but that doesn’t mean that the world has changed and they do sell. These are just the same fears being revisited in different forms. The next thing you know people will be talking about how birth control causes girls to have sex, the boys not so much, but the girls are the ones to watch out for. Very scary indeed.
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