Salon.com > Halloween Costumes http://www.salon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Chill out, it’s just a costume http://www.salon.com/2012/10/31/chill_out_its_just_a_costume/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/31/chill_out_its_just_a_costume/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13058413 The American Prospect Every year, Halloween comes with its own predictable traditions: trick-or-treating, pumpkin recipes, costumes based on bad puns, and increasingly, the tradition of women wearing ever-skimpier Halloween costumes and feminists online decrying the trend through blogs and social networks. To quote the movie Mean Girls: “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.”

Mocking oversexed Halloween costumes is catnip to feminists. For one thing, it’s one of those arenas where the double standard is undeniable. Men’s costumes, at least those sold in Halloween stores, tend to be basic scary costume fare. Women’s costumes are so oversexed it gets silly. Sexy bacon? Sexy Finding Nemo? A sexy melon that is so sexy you can’t even tell what it’s supposed to be?

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