Halloween

This Halloween I really got to thinking about the way girls and boys act on Halloween and how that relates to what we've been talking about in class. First of all, most girls (referring to college age) on Halloween dress somewhat provacatively to put it nicely and if not then they at least dress cute. Then again, girls can and do dress like this at parties on any given day but just not to this extreme. On halloween, some boys also sometimes take the slutty costume route but the difference is that guys are not allowed to dress like that all year round. Halloween is the one night guys are actually allowed to play dress up. I even saw guys wearing girls costumes on Halloween which is something that would certainly not happen any other time of the year. On the other hand, I did not see any girls wearing guys costumes but why? I think that girls dress up slutty because they know that is what guys want to see. If a girl wears a costume that de-sexes her appearance then guys are not as likely to be interested. At the same time though, guys talk about how slutty girls dress on Halloween and girls do not typically want to be called sluts. So this leads to the dichotomy that girls are constantly faced with. If they are not dressing sexy enough then guys do not want them but if they dress sexy then guys are going to think they are slutty.

After writing that first part it got me thinking about they way guys dress at parties. Guys never have to expose their bodies in the way girls do to be sexy. Typically a guy at a party is going to be wearing jeans and a shirt which covers most of his body. A girl on the other hand is probably going to be wearing either a low cut shirt, a short dress, or something along those lines. So why don't guys have to try to attract females by exposing themselves? I think it is because girls are first of all trying to attract guys and then guys will pursue these girls if they are interested. Then ultimately the girl will make the decision about whether she is interested in the guy pursuing her and whether or not she will hook-up with him. I think that guys do not have to expose themselves to attract girls because for the most part girls are not going to be the ones to make the first move. This is at least what I have come up with from what I have observed here at school.