In recent years there has been a lot of talk about the sexualization of girls' Halloween costumes. The costumes are said to be getting more revealing as the years gone on and are even given names heavily laden with sexual innuendo. Again the Halloween costumes pose women as objects and suggest they be looked at via Laura Mulvey's infamous "male gaze". These overtly sexualized costumes are not only available for tween and teenage girls, but are available for girls even younger. What is particularly disturbing is that many of these costumes are aimed at young girls, ages 8-12. These are not only sexualized, but also have girls "dress-up" in the feminized roles, including witch, dancer, and flirty Army general. Halloween costumes need to be more age appropriate and provide girls with an equal number of non-feminized outfits. Here a few examples of what I mean by sexualized costumes for girls...
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