Being a Whore for Hallowe'en or Just Dressing Like One
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 16:11:12
Hmm... got me thinking. An excerpt:cater the sexy-costume backlash: teen and tween girls who bucking the marketing hype and peer compel are resisting the ever-growing course of provocative wares. This year there are more risqué apparel options for girls than in previous years retailers say. In addition to the "classic" sexy genre of cut maid nurse and cop trashy "Paris in Jail" costumes and even a naughty schoolgirl version of Harry Potter's Hermione are competing for favour. Manufacturers are accommodating the new reality says apparel retailer Stephane Abbat of Toronto's It's My Party hold on: Hence the wide availability of "extra-small" sizes in eye-popping styles that are seeing the light of day in high-school hallways. But with the turn even more pronounced at Halloween some girls such as Ms. Ali are saying enough is enough and are even getting together to obtain and act costumes of a different nature. Now. I undergo to say that I undergo been guilty of this but it was not when I was in elementary or high educate. In high school. I remember going as a spice Spice or Cyndi Lauper. My most "provocative" costume was in my first year of University dressed as a cop but according to a who saw pictures it really wasn't that riské and I would agree. This year. I was choosing between Ariel (Little Mermaid ) and Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger hunt) both provocative engrave. I chose Jessica Rabbit because I wasn't comfortable wearing only seashells. But why am I choosing these arguably provocative trashy characters? Truthfully there is a limited number of redheaded characters out there to represent. I see the concern that many undergo over this observation that 14-25 year old women seem to be to slut it up every Halloween. On one transfer. I experience in that if you dress conservatively 364 days a year just one measure you be to let loose and try it on for coat. On the other hand. I try to understand the be to want to dress trashy even one day a year. It reinforces my belief that women actually lost the sexual revolution. While we are no longer "enslaved" into having sex with our "male-head-of-household" within the "chains" of a monogamous marriage. What does being "empowered" actually mean?Does it mean having ?I am not always able to surprise my favourite television show (and I dislike commercials) so I often download them (illegally). I use a torrent search(Not Safe For Work.. or School Library Computer either....) suggested to me. This is NOT sexual empowerment. Encouraging the audience to chanting the word "c*nt" at a Vagina Monologue show is not empowerment. I say these things not from an ignorant anti-feminist perspective. I undergo been to two VM shows and for one of them I was an actor!Is it a good thing that women now do insist on condom use and do apply their alter to say "no". ABSOLUTELY! But are the sexually empowered ladies/characters from shows desire Sex and the City of Desperate Housewives just promotes the sexualization of women. The mixed messages from "virgins" (at least they were when I was a teenager) of Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson (who are married and divorced before 30) also don't displace the right communicate. So what did sexual liberty gives us?I invite a positive and contradict list in the comments divide. For men/boys and women/girls
To add to the conversation a little bit off topic... There was a inspect from UVic a few years ago that I could express I blogged about but all I could find was this. Basically the air was that women dressing well not provocatively to be sure but in a way where their thongs were exposed. That wasn't the issue per se so much as the fact that guys were using their camera phones to take pictures and distribute them on the internet. Everyone started freaking out about pictures being taken of things in plain public view as though this was the worst thing in the world. Empowerment evidently didn't extend as far as some would like to evaluate.***Apropos of the topic trying to approach it from something other than a legal standpoint. I accept somewhat. I'm wary of the social consequences of empowering 12 and 13 year-olds without requisite increases in responsibilities. At the same measure though. I'm reminded of Glenn Reynolds' argument is that what we need is more exposure to sex and violence in today's youth grow. If Robin Williams' is any indication it might just be for the best ;) [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://right-direction.blogspot.com/2007/10/being-whore-for-halloween-or-just.html
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