“Gather any group of parents and you’ll quickly hear about how the choices of costumes have gone from witch and princess to sexy witch and pouty porn princess,” writes The Examiner in their roundup of sexually charged Halloween costumes marketed at tween and adolescent girls. Prudishness aside, I think I draw the line at a costume for young girls with the word “wench” in the title.
Pirate Wench Child Costume [SpiritHalloween] (Thanks to C-side!)
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Can anyone tell me what the problem with this costume is? The skirt is down to her knees, the shirt isn’t low cut, there is no midrif showing, and the sleeves go to the elbows. I think its really just a sad sign of how hyper-sexualzied people have become, and a little sick that a costume of a little girl being a pirate is even thought of as sexual. The costume is “pirate wench” because wench is a pirate-ish term to call a woman.
Can anyone tell me what the problem with this costume is?
@Raanne:
@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.
I agree with Raane, it’s more the model’s stance and expression that are “wenchy.”
You’ve got to be kidding me – if this costume (or even it’s title) deserves this much attention, the country is indeed in a sad state!
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!
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.
Arrrrrrrr!!! Ye be stirrin’ up a mutiny, matey!
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.
Sweet statutory! :O
Why is the outrage with the companies selling these costumes? There has to be a market/demand for these things or they wouldn’t make them in the first place.
Saw a store-bought pirate wench costume walking down the street in suburban Las Vegas yesterday on an 11-yr-old girl (don’t worry, she was with her mother). Not the same model pictured here, though. This one was much shorter about the skirt and worn without the somewhat modesty-preserving thigh high boots. Sigh.
My wife doesn’t buy costumes anymore cause they are all sexy/slutty. She hates that she cannot get a regular costume anymore.
If my daughter wants to dress up as a smelly pirate hooker, then who am I to say no?
Goodness sakes people… look up the word Wench. It has a very specific meaning at the time when pirates (who dressed like this as opposed to modern day pirates) were running around on ship decks and in dirty slums.
A ‘wench’ is a serving girl, not a prostitute. It is not a sexual term in the context of a pirate.
That outfit looks totally fine to me. Actually even the sexy outfits, which are a bit disturbing are fine. Besides halloween is about shock and horror. Who cares, its one night. Just supervise the kids trick or treating.