Mini Halloween Rant

Well, it’s that time of year again. So now I’m going to post my mini-rant on how terrible commercial Halloween costumes are for women.

It’s not that there are sexy women’s Halloween costumes on the market that’s the problem- it’s that the vast majority of them are “sexy”, even for young girls. Most of the worst offenders tend to fall into two categories- the “repurposed fetish wear”, which is basically a stripper costume- Sexy nurse, sexy angle, sexy police officer and so on- or something that should never bee made into a sexy outfit, like sexy Kermit, big bird, and bacon. Many of the costumes in the later category look like the same, one-shouldered cocktail dress with different prints on them, sometimes with some ruffs or accessories added for flavor.
Some costumes are innately stripper-like, such as cosplay costumes of characters who are canonically dressed in a "sexy" way. Conversely, some costumes should never be sexy, such as costumes for prepubescent girls.

Yes, you can make your own, not ridiculously sexy costume (which I do every year I need one), but it’s relatively expensive and takes time and skill. There’s also wearing a men’s costume, but that doesn’t solve the problem. Since the default for women’s costumes is always sexy, all the time, it's a reflection of a deeper problem. It says that women are only supposed to wear costumes for other people to oogle at, not because they want to.