Catch a sexy shooting star and put her in your pocket, never let her get away ...

I don't agree with being sluttly on halloween at all. I'm a senior in high school and most of the girls that dressed up were wearing short, tight, skanky costumes, such as the little red riding hood ones, etc. I was talking to my guy friends in my open hour and they were talking about how halloween is the day when it is 100% obvious who is a slut and who is not, and basically insulting and making fun of all the girls wearing those types of costumes. And these aren't nerdy guys either, they are the football/jock type. So if you really want guys to look at you on halloween and think, "Hey, there's a girl that obviously wants attention & that I can screw," go ahead. But it is negative attention.

WOW to post #3 i love how you judge people based on how they dress (mind you when i was in high school i also thought like that) I am far from being the most conservative dresser (you would probably label me a slut because i show more then just my ankles) and i am in no way shape or form a slut or a skank or any other colourful phrase you can come up with. Dressing in a sexy manner is not always about attracting men , (i know in HS its a big issue, but in the real world its not always about "having the guys looking at you") its about what you like to wear (yes its true, some people like sexy clothes for the way they feel,even if only in private!). Happily married women will dress up as a mermaid or a burlesque dancer and they have no intention on sleeping with another guy.... Life is too short to worry about negative attention; i have HS guys calling me names on the street and its the least of my worries, to me they are nothing but kids and their views of me have ZERO affect on my day or my quality of life...so i say flame away p.s im not an "old lady" im in my mid 20s

I agree with post #3! Just because it's halloween doen't necesarly give you an excuse to dress like a slut. If you do, it just prouves that you are one. You want the negative attention, fine. But most guys tend to respect a girl who is decent compared to one who isn't! How you dress tells you alot about a person.

Listen, i'm all for being out of the ordinary, but there's also a limit. Well actually there isn't but the law will tell you otherwise. I was on my way back from work today and saw this little 15/16 year old dressed as a cabaret dancer for halloween, my first thought was: "that's original!"... but then as i walked by, i noticed that this 15 year old was showing me more of her body than i wanted to see honestly. I could tell you the color of her panties, her bra, and probably describe intimate details of her body that i shouldn't be able to pick up from a 15 year old. So i'm sorry but i tend to agree with post #3... there is such a thing as a limit, and if as a girl, you can't find that boundary, or if you don't WANT to find that boundary, then i would say that you're a slutty/very extrovert person at heart. And i'm not trying to generalize either, i'm just saying that there is such a thing as girls who dress bad (in that sense) on any occasion they can just because that's the way they are. Yet somehow, they're always the first ones to complain about guys looking at the T&A and not their eyes... well i say to that: if you dress the part, play the part and accept it, this is what you wanted, this is what you get... Cheers!

I think that the article's author presumes a certain context and level of maturity for this type of dressing up. There's no mention of high school-aged people in the article, and I'd tend to agree that overtly erotic dressing up isn't appropriate for this age group. I'm not going to stick my head in the sand and pretend that mixed messages don't get through to this group, but the main point is that events like Halloween allow adults (can we agree, over 18?) to engage in some consensual and playful dressing up. As a man, I'm intrigued that there is no judgment being passed on men who might try to adopt a similar alter-ego. Do we feel societal pressure to do this, or not to do it? Ultimately, there's nothing wrong with a woman (or man) deciding to express her (his) sexuality and personal confidence with some provocative dressing.

Oh please people. You cannot judge a person by their clothes, you make a streotype about them but it doesnt mean anything. Its like saying "oh i go to church so im a good person" BULL Perhaps some of you should look up the word slut; its defined as a sexually promiscuious woman. So because you show leg and cleavage your a slut?! maybe women sould support each other rather than bad mouthing each other. Women are the worse critic of other women, moreso then men. I have fund that alot of women who badmouth other women tend to be jealous or insecure (yes even though you dress conservatively) and throw the word slut around, if i were a man i would think much more higly of a pleasant "slutty" dressed woman, then a vindictive and bitter conservatively dressed woman.

I agree, live a little. As long as everyone is of legal age, big deal! Its Halloween, who cares what others think, you only have one life!

I swear I saw a video on youtube with this chick telling girls not to dress slutty on Halloween, wtf?

You folks are really odd. This attitude about clothing is all about how you are "seen". Let's be honest, if you put on the clothes that say you really like being sexy, you've admitted it. Regardless of what anyone thinks, a 15 years old girl wants people to see her as a sex toy, just as much as an adult woman does- and there is nothing wrong with that. Stop worrying people, stop coming to silly rooms and arguing about other peoples' style. People do what they want to do and there is nothing wrong with a girl having a sex drive... the boys who don't think it's attractive can stay away.