Kid’s Gender Swapping Halloween Costumes Cause Controversy

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“It’s that time of year again when kids dress up in Halloween costumes to go trick or treating in their neighborhoods,” thenewcivilrightsmovement.com stated. “Even though it may be subconsciously, parents often use this holiday to ingrain gender stereotypes into the minds of their children.”
“One child, a five year old boy affectionately called Boo, was asked what he wanted to be for Halloween by his mother. Boo said he wanted to be Daphne, since he’s been a huge fan most of his life and was the crime-fighting cartoon for Halloween a couple of years ago,” sheknows.com explained.
Boo’s mother later on took Boo to a Halloween party at school, but Boo didn’t want to go because he was afraid that the other kids would make fun of him because he was dressing up like a girl, because usually Halloween costumes are gender-based. Source: sheknows.com.
“It wasn’t the kids that had the problem with Boo’s costume; it was their mothers.Various mothers made comments to Sarah, ranging from questions about the choice of costume to condemning the mother for allowing to dress in a girl’s costume because it might “turn him gay.” Sheknows.com reported.
“Even Disney has ditched gender-specific labels on their kid’s Halloween costumes this year in a move that sends a strong message to children that they can be anyone they want to be when they dress up,” moviepilot.com remarked.
“Instead of dividing their costumes into ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ categories with the predictable opposing camps of macho, fake muscled superhero suits and saccharin sweet pastel princess dresses, all of the costumes will now be grouped together under the inclusive heading of ‘kids,’” moviepilot.com
Claire • Feb 23, 2016 at 5:34 pm
Great article Jizelle! I also think children should have the freedom to dress up as any character. I saw a little boy at California Adventure wearing a disney princess dress!
Esther Choi • Nov 13, 2015 at 1:57 pm
This is a very interesting article! It´s nice to see him not worry about how people see him and its such a shame to hear adults acting like this.
Jacqueline Lembesis • Nov 9, 2015 at 2:55 pm
I was very informed with this article.You wrote this article beautifully and i liked it alot. I hope that children can wear whatever they want on Halloween and people won’t make fun of them. I feel sorry for those kids that get made fun of.
michael altamirano • Nov 6, 2015 at 2:36 pm
This was a good article because i did see some boys wearing girl costumes on my street
Carly DeGirolomo • Nov 6, 2015 at 1:04 pm
You wrote this article sooo well Jizelle! (that rhymed;) This was a very interesting topic to cover and you did it fabulously.
Catie Krier • Nov 6, 2015 at 12:31 pm
Great article Jizelle. That is sort of upsetting that mother’s act like that, but I am glad the kid was true to himself.