Slutty Halloween Costumes: A female perspective

I have never been a huge fan of Halloween. Don’t get me wrong, “role playing,”  heh, can be fun and all, but planning out an awesome costume that is going to make you stand out amongst all the other drunk, scantily dressed girls, isn’t exactly my thing.

Recently I was invited on Facebook to several Halloween “ragers.”  On one of the event pages I read, “Girls: do what you do best on Halloween, and show us your sexy costumes” and “Look sexy, it’s your freebie holiday.” What?! Did I just read that correctly?

I know what you are all thinking. Newflash, this isn’t anything new, it has been going on for decades. Come on, Ted Mosby from HIMYM (“How I Met Your Mother”) searched for years to find the woman in the slutty pumpkin costume and “Mean Girls” clearly said that “In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”

But I have something to say. And I ask the question, when did Halloween morph into a day where girls think it’s okay to leave their class and self respect at home?

What are you really getting out of wearing only a bra and panties (yes, I have seen this), besides the attention you are seeking from others?

C’mon ladies, have more respect for yourselves! Wouldn’t you rather be remembered as the girl who had an awesome, witty costume than the one who had her t-and-a hanging out?