Killing Sexy Halloween: The Ethical and Practical Complications
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“ “There’s always the mommy bloggers who get really angry, and then there’s people like me who get really angry,” says Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes...

Killing Sexy Halloween: The Ethical and Practical Complications

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“There’s always the mommy bloggers who get really angry, and then there’s people like me who get really angry,” says Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes and an expert on adolescent sexuality and self-esteem. But, Wiseman admits, the complaining about sexy Halloween ends with “limited success.” Young women keep buying, and wearing, suggestive costumes.

That’s probably because most of the anxiety about the sexualization of Halloween comes from adults—the very people teenagers are inclined to ignore. If sexy Halloween is going to die, girls themselves will have to kill it.

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    Fuck victim blaming. Fuck rape culture. Fuck liberalism. Fuck The Atlantic. Do you know why I think girls don’t respond...
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    So, maybe I’m part of the problem, but my favorite way to celebrate Halloween is by coming up with a “sexy” costume that...
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    but i love sexy halloween :[
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