Sunday, October 31, 2010
What are you for Halloween?
The media can affect our costumes. This weekend was very special in that there were tons of Halloween parties and everyone was adorned in costume. I saw, however, an increase in the amount of "sexiness" in the girl's costumes. Most of the girls I saw took the chance to dress up in more revealing costumes than they usually wear. I am not saying there is anyhting wrong with wanting to look sexy, I just noticed that the guys didn't seem to care very much. I saw many guys in funny costumes, or creative costumes. I saw many girls wearing practically nothing (and it was really cold this weekend). I am not trying to condemn anyone, its Halloween you can wear whatever you want, but, I couldn't help but notice this fact. So I started to think. I realized that the media plays a role in this. In much of what is on television and internet, there is this image of women as sexual beings, fitting a specific beauty ideal, which a very low percentage of the people on this planet can actually achieve. Halloween for young people seems to reflect that. The perpetuation of this beauty ideal and idea that women are suppoed to be beautiful, in very narrow standards, creates in young women, the need to achieve that. The halloween costumes I saw on girls were very revealing and not very creative. Just a thought...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Looking back on the things that I did and wore coming up in school, I realize that a lot of the motivation to wear and do these things was based on what celeberties were doing and wearing as portrayed in the media. Like you said, all of the women that are seen on television are portraying an image that is being followed by much of society. While its not all bad in that it sells for television companies, it does influence what people do and wear. After reading this, and looking back on what I saw people wearing last night, I have to agree with everything you said.
ReplyDeleteIt is unfortunate that girls think that the yhave to wear nothing to achieve a specific ideal of beauty. Be creative! Guys see sex all the time, give them something they haven't seen before!
ReplyDeleteYes. The media does play a large role in what people wear on halloween. The media portrays what females should look like in today's society. It doesn't surprise me in any case to see a female presenting sex appeal, even when it's halloween and it feels like -10 degrees outside. But guys see sex all the time? Hmm. Maybe thats due to the media also. Sex sells even on halloween.
ReplyDelete