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“In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In ‘Girl World,’ Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut, and no other girls can say anything about it.”
Cady Heron may have been new to the “real world” in the movie “Mean Girls,” but that does not mean she made an inaccurate observation when it came to Halloween attire.
With Halloween coming up in just over a week, we can expect to see a sudden onslaught of scantily clad women walking around Manhattan. This fact brings up several questions, not the least of which is: “Why?”
According to an article in the New York Post, today’s culture said “it’s right to be slutty on Halloween.”
Girls see Halloween as a free pass to become a girl who could never “meet the parents” but could provide a wild ride of fun and excitement nonetheless. This attitude not only encourages an unfair double standard by deeming acceptable one night what would be considered “trashy” most other nights, but also prevents individuals from thinking creatively and coming up with their own unique costume ideas.
Halloween originally began as part of the religious holiday All Hallows or All Saints Day in the same way that Christmas Eve is a part of Christmas. People used it to prepare for the celebration of all who were good and holy, and would often dress up as their favorite saint, who was inevitably someone people wanted to imitate.
Times have changed, and the holiday is unquestionably secular in today’s world. However, many girls appear not to think through the message that their costumes convey to the world.
The onslaught of barely-there costumes indicates that many of the intelligent, involved, well-liked women of K-State and much of the world secretly desire to be nothing more than live sex toys. As proven by the bevy of feminist organizations, female CEOs and laws promoting gender equality, this is simply not an accurate portrayal of women today.
The most disheartening aspect of this costume trend is that it is continued not by chauvinist men but by women themselves. No one forces women to buy the same cliché “sexy costumes” year after year. Nevertheless, Halloween partygoers can count on seeing a plethora of referees, policewomen, playboy bunnies and devils roaming Manhattan next Friday night, all wearing costumes that contain more skin than fabric.
While the temptation to bare all this Halloween may be great, the women of K-State should consider doing something different this Halloween. Instead of flaunting shirts that barely cover the push-up bra separating a girl’s nipples from peeking out and surveying the world, think about a costume that shows some personality and is comfortable —and warm — instead.
- Elena Buckner is a sophomore pre-professional secondary education. Send comments to opinoin@spub.ksu.edu
21 comments
ETHICAL STANDARDS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH FEMINISM per seONLY A FOOL IN A GLOATING BLEATING ARROGANT ATTEMPT AT DISCREDITING SOME "GROUP"
WOULD VOW TO ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE IN SUCH RHETORIC... I SUPPOSE THE WRITER FAR TOO COWARDICE TO ACTUALLY "GO AFTER FEMINISTS" per se...
THUS ATTEMPTS TO SUGGEST THAT IT IS ONLY THE "FEMISTS" THAT WOULD OPPOSE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN GENERAL... THOUGH THE CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS ALLEGIENCE IS TO THIS SAME THOUGHT.
SO MAYBE "you" CAN ASSIST THE OTHER GROUPS... TO PLEDGE TOGETHER TO HALT THIS DEBASING OF THE FEMALE POPULATION AND THE END OF THE CORRUPTION OF GOVERNMENT THAT EXPLOITS WOMEN AS WELL AS THE END OF THE MANUFACTURERS ATTEMPTING TO MARKET AND "sell" THE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN... ! GOOD FOR YOU.
FOR ANYONE
TO IMPOSE "SEXUAL" WHATEVER PUBLICLY... !YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFRINGE ON OTHERS LIVES WHO DO NOT CARE TO "see" NOR BE EXPOSED TO SUCH TYPES OF PORNOGRAPHY!!! WHETHER IIT IS THE TYPE OF PORN OF A hetero COUPLE MAKING OUT AT A RESTAURANT, FOOTBALL GAME... IN ANY PUBLIC DOMAIN!!! WHETHER IT IS FROM THE TYPE OF PORN THAT IS THE EXAGGERATED AS IF "dress" IMPOSED ON FEMALES TO FURTHER EXPLOIT OTHER TYPES OF "sexual" DEMEANING AND ALSO EXHIBITIONS TO THE PUBLIC: IT IS CRIMINAL AND NO MATTER IF PRESENTLY IT IS NOT "ILLEGAL" AND ONLY UNETHICAL THE DAY WILL DAWN IT WILL BE WHOLLY ILLEGAL ALONG WITH NEVER TOLERATED.
Fun!
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