What is the world coming to?

When I was in elementary school I wanted to be the red power ranger for Halloween. My mom wanted me to the pink one but I said no. In the end I went as a princess to my dismay. When we got Halloween catalogs I always looked at how cool the boys costumes were, the girl ones were all the same and drab. Earlier this year when ordering my cosplay for AnimeNEXT my mom wanted me to be the gender bended version of my character. She really did. I won though.

This is just so... so wrong!! Why is it that if a guy dresses feminine it's hilarious and comical but when a girl dresses masculine it's horrendous and against morals? What is so wrong?

I looked through the Spirit Halloween site at the girl costumes... every one with like 2 exceptions were either pink or had skits and heals or both. As the costumes went up in age, the smaller the costume and skirt got. It was sickening. Also, any guy costume put into a female section was changed to a dress and labeled "sassy" (I am not kidding). Two popular ones seemed to be "Sassy Rick Grimes" from The Walking Dead and "Sassy Chucky" from Chucky. Just what the fuck?

But to the article I had linked, the actual character in ON the packaging. Do you see how she looks? She looks like Spider-man with boobs and a thinner waist. What does the costume look like? A pink dress with a spider on it and a silver mask. I remember when my sister went as Superman for Halloween as well as Captain Hook and Harry Potter. I thought she was so cool and I envied that she did that. I was too embarrassed to do something so bold, which is why I didn't go as the red Power Ranger like I had wanted to. My mom didn't get her the stupid ass girl costumes, she bought the guys costumes. It was really awesome. I was jealous, I hated wearing those stupid dresses every year.

Why do we do this to costumes at Halloween? They're "sassy" and short with high heels and tights. Why? It furthers the boundaries between men and women and children will always see it this way. This is helping to tear down what we have of an equal society.