Sexy Halloween Costumes Inappropriate for Young Girls
If you have seen a music video or award ceremony in the last few years you know that female entertainers are getting downright raunchy with their wardrobe. Unfortunately, these same performers are idolized by young women around the world, who often mimic their styles in an effort to be cool.
Michael Hyatt had a great piece the other day asking whatever happened to modesty? I’ve wondered that myself. I wish more young girls would consider covering up their bodies and leaving a little to the imagination. With Halloween right around the corner, it is a good time to reinforce the idea of modesty in our youth. Over time costumes have become more and more revealing, and often times young girls look for sexy Halloween costumes that are barely appropriate for grown women.
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Last Halloween my wife and I were looking for a costume for our son when we found ourselves surrounded by teenage and pre-teen girls shopping for their Halloween costumes. Thirteen and fourteen year-old girls disappeared to a changing room clinging to costumes such as Sexy Nurse, Naughty Cop and “Sexcretary.” What made it worse was the fact that parents stood idly by waiting for their daughters to return with the chosen costume. Now, you can call me a prude, but I don’t think teenage girls should be wearing such trashy costumes. To me, it sends the wrong message to teenage boys and perverted adult men. I wondered where the fathers were, and why they weren’t encouraging their daughters to find more appropriate Halloween costumes.
These costume ideas might be fun for adults to role play for one night in October, but they are not appropriate for young women, who are often too early judged as sex symbols by older boys. While walking our neighborhood last year I remember seeing these girls dressed as Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders with mid-drifts showing, caked in makeup and giant blonde wigs. I knew the message they were trying to send, and it wasn’t well received from the father of a young girl. Hopefully this year parents will ask their kids to tone down their Halloween costumes a bit, but I don’t have much faith considering the poor examples from Hollywood.
I completely agree! I have a 6 year old daughter, who thankfully is still quite modest. She wants to be a cat for Halloween this year, and I can tell you that it would be tough to find one here in LA that did not involve fishnets and thigh-high boots. I think I’m crafty enough to be able fashion a suitable alternative out of her old gymnastics leotard, some leggings, and an old sock (for the tail), along with the little ears I got at the craft store….
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I fully agree with you. In fact, I was going to write a post about this topic, but you have said it as well as I ever could. Dad’s must not allow their daughters to be suck into the society’s obsession with sexiness.
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