If girls want to look sexy, it’s their choice

By Lindsay Henry

Senior Reporter

When I was younger, I took pride in my Halloween costumes.

Over the years, I dressed proudly in a variety of looks. Some of the
highlights include Princess Barbie, a devil which I wore for five years
in a row, and my personal favorite, Snow White, which I ordered from
the Disney catalog when I was seven.

Last weekend, I saw girls wearing all three of these costumes — and
they looked the same size as the costumes I wore when I was six years
old.

For many girls, the No. 1 Halloween priority isn’t making sure the
costume fits under a coat because of cold trick-or-treat weather.

It’s about looking sexy.

Bunnies, devils, cowgirls — when it comes to every Halloween
costume, less is more.

I could say costumes like this are wrong. Halloween should not be a
holiday where girls dress up, or rather, dress down, in scantily clad
ways.

But honestly, I don’t have a problem with it.

The essence of Halloween is the fact people can dress up in ways
they could never do any other day. It’s a holiday to be something
different.

For some girls, that difference is a bit sexier than the usual
daywear.

I see Halloween as any other day. When we go to class, some girls
decide to wear tight clothes, put makeup on and do their hair. Others
decide to wear sweatpants and a ponytail.

It’s their choice what they wear, just like it’s their choice what
they wear for a Halloween costume.

Sure, Halloween gets “sexified” as we get older, but come on — we’re
on a college campus. Everything is like that now.

Whether a girl wants to be a hot cheerleader, sexy nurse or just a
normal, unsexy Christmas tree (another costume I saw this weekend),
it’s their choice.

You choose how to make your Halloween happy, whether it be with a
lot of clothes or not.

Costumes are a chance to have fun

By Mike D’Orazio

Staff Reporter

Dave Chappelle had a great skit once about females getting attention by
what they wear.

“Just because I’m dressed this way does not make me a whore,”
Chappelle mocked.

Chappelle said it would be like him wearing a police uniform and
someone asking for help. “Just because I’m dressed this way does not
make me a police officer.” Then he made an even better point.

“Fine. You are not a whore,” Chappelle joked. “But you are wearing a
whore’s uniform.”

Last weekend and this week is Halloween time at CMU. At least the
females actually have an excuse to dress like they belong on a street
corner. It’s the devils, the angels and all the ones in between.

Honestly, who am I to tell a grown woman how to dress? If dressing
up in a scandalous manner makes you ladies happy, then I’m all for it.

Just don’t expect me to look away.

Besides, attention is the whole reason you do it anyway. Attention
not only from the male population, but the female population as well.
You’re showing off, almost like it’s a competition.

If girls didn’t want to dress like that, they wouldn’t, just like
they wouldn’t pose nude or do pornographic movies if they didn’t want
to.

This late October holiday has become something everyone looks
forward to, something every male and female college student has come to
know and love.

In a previous CM Life story on Halloween, it was said the yearly
holiday reinvents itself as you get older. You trick-or-treat when
you’re younger and maybe dress up in high school at some point. In
college, you go to costume parties or maybe go to the bar.

Let’s face it, this is college. This is the time when we’re out on
our own becoming independent.

We’re all considered adults and many of us are 21 years of age or
older. We should be able to dress up and act stupid if we please.

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