The Rotunda

Issue date: 11/4/09 Section: News

Media Credit: Nicole Dales

I miss the days of childhood Halloween. Dressing up in those adorable little costumes and trucking around my neighborhood with my daddy to collect candy and having my older brother yell at me for eating candy out of the bag because it was not properly inspected for razor blades. Yep, those were the days.

I don't really remember how I celebrated Halloween in high school. I have a vague memory of going to a friends house but the memory is not clear. Anyways, I watched all of those movies that featured Halloween parties and I would chuckle at the extravagant representation of Halloween celebrations among young adults. Well surprise, surprise. It wasn't that extravagant.

I remember being in high school and watching "Mean Girls." You all know what I am talking about. If you don't, you should watch that movie pronto. Anyways in that movie all the girls are getting ready for Halloween, which really meant opening their lingerie drawer and throwing animal ears on their head. As Cady says in the movie "Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it."

Yep, that was hilarious then. Well, turns out it is reality. I live in Cox this year, and unfortunately I was sick and therefore opted to stay in for the night. I sat on my bed with my blinds open and watch all of the girls prance off to parties. I must say some of the outfits were clever. One of my favorites was the walk of shame outfit, which consisted of a man's dress shirt, boxers and high heels.

Most of the outfits, however, consisted of nothing more then some underwear and bunny ears. I find this an interesting phenomenon. What in society makes these girls think that walking out of your room dressed in minimal clothing is completely, socially acceptable. I turned to trusty yahoo answers to assist with this puzzling question.

A user by the name of mike_b_2 posted the question "Why do girls feel like it is necessary to dress like sluts on Halloween?" He went on to ask "Has our culture's ladies totally lost their self-respect and class? It seems to me that they are all chomping at the bit to out whore each other on Halloween."
Various users weighed in on this question, offering different sides of the argument. One user explained that with the selection of Halloween costumes available its near impossible to find a costume that is appropriate. Some shared that is a sign of lack of self respect. Some did nothing to attempt to hide their disgust with the situation. Others quickly came to the defense, explaining that since it was only one night of the year it did not matter and since it was just a costume it did not mean anything.

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