Pirate Wench Child Costume [SpiritHalloween] (Thanks to C-side!)
]]>A 'wench' is a serving girl, not a prostitute. It is not a sexual term in the context of a pirate.
]]>@Spaceman Bill Leah is a motherfucking dinosaur:
I like the "big enough to fight back" guideline, it would work for so much more than dictating what Halloween costume they get to wear.
]]>@kathyl: I'm all for skimpy female costumes as long as the guys are dressed as slutty. Which rarely happens. The double standard is in the females being slutty and not the guys.
]]>And he's always called his daughter Melon Ball (not her real name).
]]>They sell the costume, yes, but as a parent of said potential halloween wench, you have the power not to buy it and forbid your kid to wear it.
I think it's tacky and inappropriate and I certainly wouldn't let my kid wear it.
On the other hand, if all you over-18 ladies wish to dress as a pirate wenches for halloween, I won't complain. :)
]]>Awright... giggidy giggidy
]]>@tmed: If they just put the word "girl" instead of "wench" there wouldn't even be an issue.
]]>And people wonder why women/girls in our society have such complexes about their looks today. The sex-ification of girls (NOT guys only girls) is very sad. And we wonder why rape is on the rise, etc, etc - this kind of stuff only sends one message: women are meat, enjoy them at will.
Oh about the complex thing; except for the fat ones who seem to wear the outfits designed for the skinny ones - what's up with that?? gross! look in a mirror and make sure it isn't dirty or from the carnival.
]]>@sweetbeans: A "bag of jagged glass" is not simply innaproproate, it's unsafe. To compare the two is being purpsoely oibtuse.
]]>Look - it's a costume, it's cute - not sexy.... it would be perfect if one had a boy & a girl, one dressed as a pirate, one as a pirate wench.....
For god's sake!
If you want everything to be this politically correct, it should be called:
"Pirate costume designed to be worn by a predominately female audience"
or we could be real, and call it a pirate wench costume.
is it sexist? - sure.... deal with it, boys and girls are different. They know it by this age.
Is it inappropriate for a little girl - absolutely not.
Get off your high horses!
]]>I agree with Raane, it's more the model's stance and expression that are "wenchy."
]]>@Raanne:
"The costume is "pirate wench" because wench is a pirate-ish term to call a woman."
And just HOW old is the model in the costume? I'd be surprised if she's even hit double digits yet in years. Only when my daughters turn 18 can they be as wenchy as they want.
Granted the costume itself is not bad compared to some of the other trash I've seen (and worn when I was young and stupid). Pirate princess would have been a better nomenclature for a child's costume. Save the wenchiness for us women.
]]>@Raanne:
Prudishness aside, I think I draw the line at a costume for young girls with the word "wench" in the title.]]>
Halloween is a the perfect NORTH AMERICAN celebration to explore aspects of fears, fantasies, try on different aspects of our personalities or push social norms or comfort zones. Overall this is an important aspect of getting to know ourselves... BTW I have a little boy (10 yrs) and he really liked to wear red elf shoes with gold trim and little gold bells... As for my little girl whose all grown up now she's working towards getting her Phd and doing alright... Happy Holloween Everyone!! Have FUN!
]]>And then there's the one really popular girl who has negligent parents who let her wear whore costumes every year, and most of the other days too, and all the other little girls want to be like her.
]]>@aftercancer: The whole purpose of the holiday is for boys to dress like girls and girls to dress like sluts.
And boys to dress like girls!
]]>meh
]]>Ted Whitebone
]]>Save yourself, save society and save the girlies from the tremendous burden they have been required to bear since being allowed to enter general adult society.
Some historians believe the burden commenced in 1920 when females were granted the general country-wide privelege of voting.
Sadly, as females gained various rights and priveleges their inability to accept the accompanying responsibilities has harmed those females, males and society as a whole.
The emotion-laden generally irrational female of the human species has fallen short of adult expectations.
We must remove the enormous burden from female shoulders for the good of all.
Admittedly, there IS a very small percentage of females who ARE capable of bearing the burden of adulthood in our modern society so exceptions will be made for those few.
However, easing females out of the requirements of being full-fledged adults and re-assuming their roles of yore will be a blessing in many ways and will assuredly improve the female's general happiness.
]]>Schools have VERY strict rules on costumes here so if a kid came in looking like a slut they would probably be sent home and the parents given a lecture.
That costume is not that bad, it could be much worse (if anything, its the way its presented in the picture that makes it look bad), hasn't anyone else besides me noticed the high heels in the baby and little girl shoe bins at target?
]]>@LucyTuzy: I make my daughter's costume almost every year because of how tall she is. She almost never fits into the kids costumes and only fits into slutty adult costumes, which of course, I'm not going to buy. This year I winged hers with an outfit put together along with accessories. See my post above.
]]>One girl was dressed as a beer can - picture a silver piece of cloth that covers slightly less than a bath towel wrapped around you would. She was Coors Lite. Classy.
]]>@Flame: My problem is my daughter is is 13 years old, supertall and autistic. She wants those kiddie princess costumes but all that fit her are "slutty princess". Obviously, I'm not going to let her go as that. One outfit she liked seemed more appropriate for Hef's Halloween party at the Playboy mansion. She's also into Hannah Montana and Camp Rock but because of how tall she is, those costumes are too short for her as well. I came up with an idea though. On the DVD cover of Camp Rock "Mitchie", the main character, is wearing a tunic and leggings, so I got a tunic that matches and grey leggings that match, as well as accessories, such as sparkling bracelets and a Hannah Montana necklace and big face microphone. I also got her sparly make up for the evening. We couldn't find a brown wig for "Mitchie" but we did find a pink one (like Britney Spears wears), so I joked with her that "Mitchie is wearing a wig for Halloween. That made her happy. She was just stoked that Mom came through and got her a "Mitchie" costume. She's also stoked that everyone will be wearing Hannah Montana or High School Musical but she'll be the only one wearing Camp Rock, and best of all, I'm happy because it's not slutty and it's wearable all year long.
]]>@Meggers:
I wondered that too. I was looking at the Party City flyer and ALL the women's costumes look like hookers, no matter what they are! Pirate hooker, ghost hooker, witch hooker, Morticia hooker...
@little stripes: This isn't the media trying to sexualize little girls. This is the media trying to get people all incensed over nothing so the sheeple public will have something to gasp about for the next couple of days. The media is laughing their butts off every time they dig up some "story" like this.
Media person A: "Hey, what will get the fundies all riled up today?"
Media person B: "Hmmm...how about a story about how Santa Claus represents the debil?"
Media person A: "Brilliant! Get to work on it!"
2 days later:
Fundie Parent 1: "Santa represents the debil!"
Fundie Parent 2: "OMG call Pastor Bill and alert the prayer circle!"
]]>Not that my students started showing up in costume today or anything. :P
]]>Where's the Girls Gone Wild starter set?
]]>My overweight pirate slob costume is going great, though
]]>@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: They'd only have to be kosher if you were planning on eating them.
]]>Its damn fucking cool
]]>Why, I do believe that's an instant mario costume.
]]>If they are out, they still get the dessert cart pranced in front of them. Except now, they are free-roaming.
]]>Think of it this way: If someone calls you a wench do you really think that they're only trying to call you an unmarried female?
]]>@papahoth: Broads! Broads! How dare you!
I much prefer harlot or trollop thankyouverymuch.
Father: What?
Jake: Your women. I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children.
(Second time I've been able to use this exchange today!)
]]>I am sure there are pirate costumes for girls, this just happens to be a pirate wench costume. Why can't there be a pirate wench costume for boys.
]]>'The word degenerated through being used in ref. to servant girls, and by 1362 was being used in a sense of "woman of loose morals, mistress."'
]]>@wjh31: lol... someone posted this to me when i asked a forum what i should be for halloween.. sexy cop, sexy ghostbuster, sexy sailor scout or sexy spongebob.... i went with slutberry shortcake.
]]>1 a: a young woman : girl b: a female servant"
Is this not what she is? A female servant? A young woman? What's next with you dames? Won't be long before you have a problem being called broads too.
]]>@highpitch_83: MSN has an article about 7 no sew costumes, for those who have slacked or aren't crafty.
[lifestyle.msn.com]
@mollsmolls: But she's a queen! Of a harem! Just like Jasmine!
]]>@shorty63136: It could have been a great article, if the author didn't insist that the slutty costumes are secretly AWESOME, just not for the fatties that reside in his town. Oh, and not for his wife and stepdaughter, who he's named, um, Melon Ball.
]]>... that a parent would dress their child in that for Halloween!
]]>@Sidecutter: Exactly. I have no idea what mechanized rope pulleys have to do with any of this.
]]>It could be worse, they could have used the word that starts with "W" and sounds similar to "bore" in the name.
]]>What you'll hear from any age 50 or older parents is how it went from creating your own costumes for your kids, to buying witch and princess outfits, to not caring if your 13 year old kids are having sex. Oops, hyperbole.
My mom made all of my costumes, excluding the pirate hook that one year and the vampire fangs that other. I did the bedsheet ghost once or twice. My dad would get his own costume made too to go with me.
I, as a kid, didn't give two shits about any of that (and regret it since I realize that was a very loving thing to do). I cared about the candy. That's all kids do and ever will care about.
Maybe the quote should read "Gather any group of parents and you'll quickly hear about how your perceived options as a consumer reflect yourself. You buy sexy costumes because the group consumerist mentality is that of a mature, possibly sex-deprived adult." Your kids are collateral damage.
]]>@TinyBug:
The first costum is called "Harem Queen." Do they not know what a harem is?
I don't know where the imaginary line is, but that sure as hell crossed it.
Otherwise, I'm against it, because it's false advertising. Nobody should be dressed as a wench unless there's ale, mead, or grog involved.
]]>Seriously, can we have English lessons in this country? Wench does not mean loose, immoral, slutty or anything of the sort.
]]>@Goodnightbabytron: I remember that at a store for halloween they had a hat that was obviously a pimp hat, with the big feather and all.. but the tag said "Big Daddy Hat".. Right.
So the parents could claim that their sons weren't actually pimps.
]]>@jdhuck: My daughter got a costume similar to this, but without the boots and sword. I think the title just said "Pirate Girl". I don't see the problem though, the costume isn't showing any skin really, and the skirt goes down to the knees. Perhaps it's the word "Wench" that they have a problem with. Personally, when we go costume/clothes shopping, I don't let my girl get anything that's inappropriate, but I've never not bought something simply because of a label, unless the clothing in question was innappropriate
]]>To be serious, that is atrocious.
]]>(As I accept that "mighty pirate" is a hard career to come by these days, I've chosen instead not to bother growing up.)
All of that said, this is positively tame compared to a slew of the options out there. "Wench" isn't bad when you see costumes out and out going for "sexy."
]]>Seriously though, I don't know, and I love that "sexy" just means "shorter and with more cleavage".
]]>@LucyTuzy: That's awesome if you are creative, but if I tried to make a costume for myself or anyone else, it'd turn out um ... well, scary, but not in a good way.
]]>What mom is letting her son play pimp for halloween?
]]>@Primate: ...because the media's obsession with sexualizing little girls is TOTES COOL and should just be ignored. Right?
NO.
]]>That costume is positively tame. Keep in mind that these costumes are being sold for little girls:
[www.halloweencostumes4u.com]
[www.halloweencostumes4u.com]
[www.spirithalloween.com]
Apparently training kids to be crack whore diva Barbie sluts is starting younger and younger these days
]]>@shorty63136: Great article, the best line is: "Everywhere you look, there's a Naughty Nurse or a Slinky Vampire or a Just Trying To Pay For College Police Officer."
]]>NSFW language
[uk]
@GothamGal: In this economy, that might be the only job she can get.
]]>But this is from a guy who went as Franken-Pimp last year and made his employees go as Franken-Hookers.
It sounded good at the time.
]]>Are you sure it isn't just the exact same outfit, being sold under different names and sizes? A full length dress for a 6 year old would make a "sexy" mini-skirt for an adult...
]]>Washington Times: Pumpkin symbol marks sex offenders' homes
]]>@ALaterDayTD: When I have kids, I am going to dress them up as sexy UNICEF boxes. That way they can be hot and people can stick money into their slot. It will prepare them for their future as a stripper.
]]>If I had a (young) daughter, I would definately want her to be a wench... /sarcasm
]]>Ugh. Since when did it become the norm that every female costume is sexy? From now on all of the costumes will be sexy. Like "Sexy Terri Schiavo", "Sexy Joe the Plumber", "Sexy Joe Biden" or the newly popular "Sexy Ashley Todd".
I am going to steal a page from Gawker and go as the Sexy Montauk Monster.
]]>Sorry, I know this is slightly off topic, but because it concerns "pirate candy" it may help save someones life ...
The pirate coin candies are not safe to eat currently.
See: [www.snopes.com]
]]>pedobear approves
]]>One is a vulgar term to address women, the other is a murdering thief, but only the wenches get all attention?
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