My mom and I were talking the other
day about how Halloween costumes have changed so much, especially kids’
costumes. I was looking online for
costumes when I came across this site, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/sexy-halloween-costumes-for-girls_n_2011943.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular#slide=1687821. On this website, it compares Halloween costumes
from 1990 to 2012. The differences are unsettling. Please notice that all of these pictures are of young girls, no boys.
Twenty years
ago, you would not have found young girls dressed in outfits consisting of cut
off tops and short skirts. One lady
reports that she went shopping for a costume for her 3 year old and was
expecting to find big princess costumes and accessories. What she was not expecting was costumes
including knee high boots and pleather outfits made for 4 year olds. She continues to report how the young models
were posed, “hip thrust out, chest forward, lots of makeup, come hither look.”
Like the title of the article states, Halloween
costumes have shifted from fun and silly to almost sexy looks; and these girls
do not know what their poses, expressions, and outfits even mean. Halloween used to be about trying to be
either the scariest or the silliest. It has now shifted to who can look the
sassiest. A quote from Mean Girls sticks out to me, “In Girl
World, Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut
and no other girls can say anything about it.”
Granted, these girls are in high school and should have a clue about what they could be getting themselves
into.
After looking through some of the pictures
shown on this website, I have to ask myself, “How do parents think it is okay
to let their child run around practically half naked?” I know the kids do not mean anything by
it. They do not know what their cute
little outfits symbolize, but the parents should know better than to, in my
opinion, objectify their children.
I would have to agree with you, over the last decade and maybe even longer, people have moved from silly costumes to really sexy costumes. It has gotten worse I remember when girls costumes were cute like little angels and barbies and all. Its not so much anymore, now they are slutty nurse costumes and costumes like this ->http://funnyanimalpicturescat.com/pictures/Finally-Is-That-Time-Of-The-Year-Again-Where-Girls-Look-Like-This-Funny-Picture-Halloween.jpg
ReplyDeleteand I also agree the parents need to know better than to dress their kids up in this skimpy outfits. Even though its only for one night, they dont need to be objectified to look like this