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(I remember in middle school I dressed as Sailor Mercury. Mostly I remember it as being awesome because I got to dye my hair blue, but those skirts be SHORT, yo!)
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What concerns me isn't preteens or teens dressing up "sexy" if they want to. That is an element of growing up. But when we're talking about things being marketed and targeted at that age group with that in mind, then it's a little different. That's part of the cultural sexualization of girls and I do think that's important. How many girls are dressing up that way because they want to, think they have to, or don't have many other options?
Mean Girls was also trying to point out the problem with that phenomenon, not just say, whatever, who cares.
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Poor nerdy 4th Graders. Their horror is starting earlier.
edit: This year, I'm going as a punkrock panada; docs, shapless black dress, hoodie with felt to make it all panda, face paint, and maybe ears. I'll be warm and cool. I learned my lesson.
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It doesn't make anyone who wears it a slut, or "asking" for assault, of course. But there is a creepy trend here.
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I remember short dresses as a kid, but they were just cute. Once you've seen it in porn, you just can't look at it the same way again. No problem with porn, just stopping putting kidesque things in it. And Halloween? Stop putting porn in kids costumes. You're not innocent either. Don't make me get my sexy teacher costume (complete with leather strap).
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Porn changed the image of the women in my profession from frigid old women to repressed nyphos.
And everyone knows, if they've made two porn movies about it, it's totally true.
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Nurses? Do you get the hot, slutty nurse thing?
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I'm going into art history...there's no such thing as a sexy historian yet is there? Maybe that will be my costume this year...
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I'm thinking of going as the slutty bag of popcorn this Slutoween.
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Edit: I feel the need to add that I am joking about shaking babies. Stirring is acceptable.
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(Personally, I thought last year's toilet costume was way better than the nurse and angel she was with. The lid opened up to reveal her candy bag!! Drawing the short straw got her an extra bag of chips and tons of praise from this guy. )
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Okay, as much as I hate sexyslutty costumes on the underaged, the handwringing in that NY Times article is absolutely absurd. For one thing, these costumes have been available for the last 5 years at least, but they're framing it like "OH HOLY SHIT LOOK AT WHAT JUST HAPPENED, YOU GUYS!!" There are articles like this every year bemoaning the slutty children's costumes and yet the damn things still sell, apparently.
I'm just annoyed by the factual errors.