Comments on: Lilly’s Blog: The Real Reason Girls Wear Sexy Costumes on Halloween

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By: St. Fraterick's Day

St. Fraterick's Day — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:25:24 +0000

Let’s be honest with ourselves. It’s nature, and by nature, I mean, of course, that, for some strange reason, on every October 31st, the stars and moon align at a specific angle, causing all the sorostitutes’ menstrual cycles here on Earth to abrubtly switch to that phase of the cycle when their hormones are raging. On this night only, the ovaries are practically begging (if they had a mouth) to meet a new friend. To satisfy this pressing instinct, a sorostitute will dress in a manner that has the maximum potential to attract fratdaddy’s most personal anatomical part. This getup, therefore, will surely consist of clothes that would more properly fit on a child friend of the late Michael Jackson than someone who is eligible to vote in a U.S. Presidential election. Consider the magnet, with the young lady being the South Pole and the fraternity gentlemen being the North Pole; as long as the charge emitted from the sorostitute’s costume is strong enough, the two are inevitably drawn together. Combine this with the playing of Miley Cyrus’s “(S)Party in the U.S.A”, and you have a bona fide path cleared out for two young lovers to either have beautiful offspring or an akward late-night trip to CVS to renew a certain someone’s Morning-After prescription.

Unfortunately for those of us of the non-fairer-sex variety, a.k.a. those equipped with the Y-Chromosome, this astrological alignment ends as soon as the calendar switches to November 1st, unless said girl is still partying into the night, in which case things go back to normal once the aforementioned person wakes up in the next morning.

Some may conclude that I fabricated this entire theory, but these are the facts, the completely unhyperbolic, unfabricated facts. And besides, who are you to question science?

St. Fraterick
Michigan State University

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:01:21 +0000

I do have to admit I did choose a pretty sexy outfit for Halloween. It wasn’t really to be cool though, because no one actually saw it accept for my best friend. I found it in a teens Halloween costume magazine. I guess I have to agree with you about the sexy outfit thing.
Allot of girls in my class have a HUGE thing about cool and sexy outfits.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:52:14 +0000

I have to admit I did choose a pretty sexy Halloween costume but it wasn’t really to have a cool costume, because no one actually saw my costume exept my best friend. It had a fishnet belly cover and short, short sleeves. So I guess I do agree with you. Alot of girls at my school have a HUGE compitition going about cool clothes.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:07:48 +0000

Why are all of the first letters of your words capitalized? Also, some of your commas should be periods.

But you’re right, even though you’re ranting. I don’t respect women dressed scantily clad. I do, however, enjoy gawking at them without hesitation and full head turning as they move through my peripheral.

Plus, only trashy women dress that way. I like trashy women, they’re great eye candy. I just wouldn’t marry one.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:33:59 +0000

Your Completely Wrong, I Have Many Friends Who Are Girls, They All Do It To Attract Male Attention! It Sickens Me When All You Girls Dress Like That, Because You Dont Care, You Look Like A Slut, Someone I Never Wanna Be With, You Wanna Look Silly Put On A Full Clown Outfit, Not 1/4 Of One. More Guys Will Respect You When You Don’t Look Like Trash!

By: Lilly

Lilly — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:23:07 +0000

Hi Veronica,
You are so right when you point out that girls are give permission to dress scandalously on Halloween. They are not only given the opportunity to show some skin, they are expected to yet they are criticized for doing so. I think this contradiction boils down to one underlying issue. Girls are expected to dress like sexual adults yet shamed for growing up to fast. I agree with you, it is important to understand the reasons behind a girl’s costume choice before judging her.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:17:31 +0000

I this this is a great post Lilly – thank you. It’s refreshing to know some girls don’t want to wear that garbage!

Though I also think there are many girls who do want to wear those costumes and I think that desire is a reflection of the pressure that girls are under to be “good girls” (not sluts) and yet given messages from everywhere imaginable that to be desirable you have to be sexy. Sexy halloween costumes are popular because they give girls (and women) caught in that trap to be “sexy” (one particular definition of sexy) without running the risk of being seen as slutty? It’s a chance to prove you’re hot (as defined by media culture) without the baggage of being labelled.

I hate those costumes and am not excusing them, but I seeing this messaging helps me to understand them.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:52:23 +0000

This is true. We want to be cool, and for some reason, society has taught us that we are cool when we show off our bodies. Men don’t get that as much.

I always feel like the display of skin is a step back from the women’s movement where we wanted to be looked at for our brains.

By: Rachel Simmons

Rachel Simmons — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:10:31 +0000

Hey Emily, Lilly asked me to post this to you on her behalf as we try to figure out why she herself is unable to comment.

“Hi Emily,
First of all, thanks for the positive feedback! When I decided to write about Halloween costumes, I puzzled over the issue you are addressing. I think there are two reactions to the sexiness of costumes and I, like you (correct me if I am wrong), think that dressing in a sexy manner is bittersweet. On one hand, I completely understand the urge to dress in a
sexy costume and feel validated by one’s sex appeal. But I also agree with your disgust regarding the stilted “…interpretation of what makes a woman sexy..”

Sexy costumes seem like a sweet way for girls to embrace
their sexuality. But they are also bitter reminders that we rarely dress for ourselves and with sexuality there comes an audience. Halloween is a perfect time to explore a familiar debate. Is wearing sexy clothes empowering or exploitative? As for the creepy old man, I’m pretty sure I know him. Isn’t he the same guy who invented high heels, thongs, and
tweezers?