Well, with this past weekend being halloween, there were obviously many gender stereotypes at play. First of all, for many girls halloween is a contest for who can look the 'sexiest' generally this is acheived by lack of clothing. Now some may thoroughly enjoy this opportunity to go outside of their normal comfort range and rock something skanky, which is completely fine. I think the sad part is girls who felt pressured to dress slutty simply because it was halloween. I know a lot of girls who weren't at all comfortable with what they wore and got overly drunk to compensate for how awkward they felt. Obviously not a good combination, but it is an understandable response to the situation. Not saying these girls are stupid or slutty and not putting them down in anyway, i think its more sad that halloween has become a competition for 'sexiness' and lost some of the creativity that it used to have. On the same hand though, i think halloween is awesome for those girls who don't usually express that side of themselves and enjoy the opportunity to break the norm. Although some girls did seem to cater to the male desire for sexy halloween costumes, there was also a suprisingly high number of girls in funny and fully clothed costumes. For me, these girls stuck out as the confident and secure girls, not to mention warm.