Halloween is now less than a week away and there has been a constant buzz around the day for quite a few weeks now. People preparing for their Halloween parties or to go trick or treating, numerous blog posts and Youtube videos about the subject. The main topic that seems to come up though is costumes. Are some of them age appropriate? Are some of them even over sexualised?
Female First recently ran a story asking if Halloween costumes for women had become over sexualised. I think I would have to say yes and according to a study by My Voucher Codes , I’m not alone – 2000 people were asked this question and 51% of people agreed. Whilst the percentages for yes and no are obviously quite close, it is worth noting that 58% of men didn’t think that women’s Halloween costumes were over sexualised whereas 66% of women did!
Men’s Halloween costumes are pretty simple and it is hard to find offense with them – completely covered up etc. But it isn’t hard to see why some people take offense to the costumes available for both women and children – since when is a sexy cat scary and why on earth would you want to dress your child in a revealing outfit just for Halloween?
76% of people over 55 think that the costumes available to children nowadays are not age appropriate whereas 34% of 18-24 year olds (my demographic) did not have a problem. I do think that revealing outfits are few and far between for young children but it is shocking that they are on sale at all for their age groups – especially when Halloween is meant to be scary not sexy! Most parents do not find the outfits available for their children appropriate however.
What are your thoughts on the subject of Halloween costumes? They’ve been in the media so much recently for age appropriateness, sexualisation and some very debatable ideas for costumes. Do you think that we are starting to veer away from the scary roots of Halloween?
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