Sexy Halloween Costumes: pro or con?

There have been a few comments about members' feelings about sexy Halloween costumes in various threads, so I thought I'd start a dedicated thread on the topic.
Some women really seem to enjoy sexy costumes. Some women are appalled. What's your opinion?
Some women really seem to enjoy sexy costumes. Some women are appalled. What's your opinion?
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I think it depends on the context of costume wearing. Certain places, sure why not. Others, no. Very very dependent on that, IMO. As just a straight sexy costumes ok or not. Sure, why not. People don't get to express that much. I don't see an issue. But , you know, answering the door, just so all the teen age boys come by. No. Adult party? Why not.
I think it depends on location. Am I going to dress up as S&M Barbie and hand out candy for the kids in a church parking lot? No. Am I going to go out to a bar or an adult party like that... Yes!!
I don't do sexy costumes every year, by any means. I like to switch it up and just go by my mood that year. I am not one thing, but there is nothing wrong with being sexy either.
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I will say, though, that I really hate seeing that sort of "skimpy" look. I'm in college, so when I see the sorority girls teetering from frat house to frat house in their mini skirts and patent leather stilettos, I feel bad for them. Because we all know who they're dressing up for. It's not because they feel hot (because blisters on your heels are not sexy). It's because they want the attention of those boys who are pretty banal and useless, anyways.
So that is what I don't like. Women who deprecate themselves down to a pair of legs and plump behind.
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These are the costumes I tend to find ridiculous. During the majority of my teen & 20 years you did not have a whole lot of this. People did sexy costumes, no doubt, but there were not as many on line halloween stores. People did not order. You made/put something together or drove to costume shops that had a much different variety. Not "Sexy Girl Scout" in bulk, year after year, after year.
But as they mention there are numerous other options for women. I think a majority tend to over look that. *At least they do in my town. You can go to 3 different places and see 12 sexy inmates. It bores me.
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As in no one cared or no one got as upset over costumes as people do now? Or both
Halloween has always been a huge deal to me and a lot of my friends. We love to dress up and go out and I have tried to do it every single year since childhood but there were still tons of people that could care less.
It's a much bigger deal in the closest city to me, Asheville, than it is in my town. And a better deal too. They have tons of bars & pubs, all have costume contests, and people really put some energy and effort into it. You see street performances based around costumes. I love it there!
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I never had a problem wearing revealing clothing in school. That was simply my style and I could give a crap if people liked it or not. I took a lot of dance classes, was a cheerleader for county & my elementary school and grew up in leotards, body suits, crop tops and short skirts. Though we were more of your "perish sweater monkeys" variety of cheerleading teams. I never viewed showing my form as anything explicitly sexual or attention seeking. In dance it has a very important purpose. You need to see someones lines. The same can be said for several different types of athletics. It was always comfortable and normal for me. So are jeans and a tee. Anywho, point being, I think many different women have different comfort levels for different reasons.
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The costumes themselves don't inherently bother me, women having fun dressing up in revealing clothing doesn't bother me, I think what bothers me a bit is that we've come to equate sexy with wearing little to no clothes, or that 'skimpy' look. Getting back to Halloween, Cat woman is sexy, Harley Quinn is sexy, yet both of them are almost fully covered up. I don't advocate that women should cover themselves up at all by the way, I just think there is more than one way to be considered sexually attractive.
As for whether I think they look GOOD, is another question. They're tacky, they're cheap and leave nothing to the imagination. But I imagine people wearing them already know this and are just having some fun. It's a matter of taste I guess. I'm not at all thin but I have a good curvy shape under fitted or tight clothes but I don't like to show a lot of skin, that is what makes me feel confident and I'm okay with it
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For me, it's about women perpetuating the ongoing problem of objectification of women through participating in the hypersexualization of everything we say and do. Wearing a sexy costume in and of itself is not the issue. Sexualizing ALL women's costumes is. As someone above pointed out, you're almost criticized if you don't wear a sexy or sexed-up costume today.
Ask yourselves: Why don't men feel the need to sex up their costumes to the same degree as women? They don't feel the need or pressure to do so. They're happy to provide the comedy portion of the show or simply fill the spectator position, especially since so many women are eager to provide the entertainment.
The person whom I wrote about in the "Say It..." thread attended another party last night, starting the evening in a sexed-up referee costume, along side her date's standard referee costume, of course. However, later in the evening she apparently transformed into a "zombie," shedding the ref costume to reveal booty shorts and a bustier, which apparently is standard zombie wardrobe?
Again, kudos to her for being confident and fit enough at almost 50 to pull off these looks almost flawlessly. And kudos for having so many parties to go to!
Right??!! It's also the inequality of sexiness that bothers me.
Exactly. That's the frat boy's definition of sexy. Anyone can wear skimpy clothes and be oogled at, that doesn't make you 'sexy', just half-naked.
Sexiness comes from within and is reflected in how one carries themselves, with confidence & and an aura of knowing their appeal without blatantly flaunting it in people's faces (regardless of their attire). Of course, that is much harder to achieve than wearing a skimpy costume with your **** & ass out.
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Oh and around here, the guys definitely wear some sexy costumes, lots of top less and almost naked guys, looking forward to see them this weekend!
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Actually I find the Ebola nurse to be pretty funny commentary. Ebola itself and the fact that some health care professionals had outfits that left specific areas exposed... Not funny. The costume itself.... Exaggerated funny.
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He had a bright green spandex body suit, padded the chest area, and made silver stars to cover the chest and other bits. He had huge platform boots painted green and a black wig. Star Bleeper. That same year I painted myself green, wore my neon red wig, made a sash and threw on my purple sequin senior prom dress. I was Miss Intergalactic. I wish I still had a pic. A friend took one that was a double exposure. We were both doing different poses in the same shot. It was great.
You don't see too many men wearing spandex body suits in my neck of the woods. Not unless you go Ashevegas. You'll see it all there.
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I'm guilty of wearing one a couple times. I was out with a guy friend of mine in one of them, and he tried to get in my pants because of it. He said, "Come on, act the part for one night." I'm not that type of person so I rejected him and he left for home in another state without saying goodbye. I never wore a sexy costume again.
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Because, God forbid, you wear something sexy to make yourself feel sexy. Nope. It must be so you can satisfy men. ALL HAIL THE PENIS.
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I, for one, am of the 'wear what makes you comfortable' belief. So if people want to dress more revealingly on Halloween, then that's their perogative and I don't think any woman should be made to feel like she can't dress that way, out of fear of being called a 'slut' or men acting like dressing that way means they should be 'up for it'.
That being said, I also REALLY wish the majority of women's costumes were not marketed as 'sexy'. It's good to have options, and I really wish there were just more options!
You have, for instance, a man's Halloween army outfit, which is normally quite bad-ass. The women's version? Almost always really short shorts and low-cut tank tops etc. Same with police outfits – the women's are suspenders and leather and just ARGH. Really?
That's what annoys me.
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I like dressing up. i like wearing dresses. I like my body. I am a freaking H cup and I spend so much time trying to covering these girls up, i want to be able to take them out and have some fun. I don't get to dress up all the time so I'm excited about it. i find it fun. so I am going to get all dressed up and my orginal plan was just to go over my friends house for a halloween party but now I I have 3 to go to. but I was perfectly fine getting all dressed and going to something low-key. And at this party, its all about orginiality. I am more excited about my train and my make-up than I am my cleavage.
I am less annoyed with sexy and more annoyed with boring. Most of thost costumes in a bag are so blah.
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