Compensation for Real Life

When I was little Halloween was all about getting dressed up in your costume, going door to door for free candy, and subsequently getting sick on snickers and milky ways later that night. Little kids just want candy… Big kids want attention... Doesn’t that seem backwards? I swear, the older we get, the more ridiculous our thought processes become. Welcome to Purdue University, where during the week you can’t seem to find attractive women, and on the weekends the sluts come out in force.

I’m not particularly fond of either of these situations.

Call me a crazy conservative Indiana idiot (I’m actually fairly moderate, but whatever,) but I just don’t find girls in skimpy outfits whoring themselves around to be all that attractive. (Ahh well, the minority rant.)

So why are things like this anyway? And why does it seem that the pressure is on women to appear sexy and provocative?

I think the root of this has nothing to do with Halloween, but all of those days which aren’t Halloween (which are the rest of them.)

Everyday women are told they aren’t attractive enough. There will always be someone prettier, smarter, and sexier. Of course, guys face these same pressures, but not on nearly the same scale or magnitude. The reason that so many women dress the way they do for Halloween at this age is that they want to feel beautiful and sexy and desirable, because they feel as though they just don’t measure up in real life. Really, this is pretty sad. Everyone should always feel as though they are beautiful, and they shouldn’t have to slut themselves up in order to make themselves feel as though they are. However, for these women, Halloween is an opportunity for them to feel special, so let them have their day (or night) in the sun. (moon?)

Guys are different, in that guys are naturally more independent and self-confident. Call me a sexist or whatever but men and women ARE different, and men generally don’t require as much reassurance from others that women do. However, guys face more pressure to fit in with their male brethren, which results in males trying to impress each other in Halloween the best way men know how: Being funny. Most male costumes are jokes and pop culture references in an effort to one up each other to be funny. Of course, ladies are attracted to funny too, so it’s sort of a two-for deal.

Of course, who are we to judge people for their costumes? The whole idea of Halloween is to allow people to live out their dreams for a night. What we should be thankful for is that these women are most likely being slutty in their fantasies, because in real life they aren’t. At least we can hope as much.

Whatever you’re planning on being for Halloween, don’t worry what other people are going to think and just do it for yourself.