Hallowe'en
I remember when I was a kid the feeling
of excitement that October brought. There was Thanksgiving, but
following soon after that it was Hallowe'en! I would spend weeks
agonizing about what I would dress up as. The game was to have the
best costume and get the most candy. The more inventive my costume
was, the more candy I would get. I would come home, check or let my
parents check my candy and eat myself into a stomach ache. Now
Hallowe'en is a different beast.
I can just imagine the conversations
that are going around the tables this year. Mom, “What would you
like to be for Hallowe’en?” Girl, “I want to be a sexy cop!”
WTH Instead of taking this opportunity to to teach children that
they should have more self value and worth the parents dole out the
cash for highly inappropriate costumes. I'm no prude but the thought
of someone “sexualizing” my child makes me punchy and the thought
of someone leering at my child makes me down right stabby!
I wouldn't send my child out in one of
those costumes if you paid me. I wouldn't allow my daughter to dress
up as a prostitute either. We tell our children that No means NO and
they should be able to walk down any dark ally without feeling
threatened, visit any man or boy alone without being raped, wear what
they want and speak what they want, but that isn't the case. Lots of
women don't wear sexual clothing when they are raped, and I can just
hear the hair on some peoples neck standing up as I type this. The
blame does lay with the rapist! But why put yourself in a light that
draws attention to yourself? Why dress your child up to make them
more appealing to child molesters? Why put your child in a costume
that makes them appear much older then they are? Yes the rapists are
at fault, and this cry against humanity should not happen. We should
be teaching our young boys and men not to objectify women and we can
start this by not allowing ourselves to allow our young girls to
objectify themselves.
What is my daughter dressing up as?
She is either going out in her Gi or dressing up as a hobo. Either
one is just fine by me!
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