Playing Dress Up

The New York Times article Good Girls Go Bad For A Day adresses what some of us have noticed (and joked about) for awhile; the popularity of revealing Halloween costumes for women. There's nothing wrong with escaping the ordinary now and again, but it's problematic when the "escape" is a commercialized re-enforcement of gender stereotypes and desire.

I love playing dress up. But I think it's sad that Halloween is fast becoming the only acceptable time of the year that a woman can dress however she wants, and still respect herself in the morning. Plus when does someone's clothing dictate the amount of respect an individual should recieve (or give themselves) anyways?