15. If I wear a ‘slutty’ Halloween costume?
There’s nothing “flirty” about the ritualistic donning of hooker gear by good girls. I know there’s dudeslut costumes, too, but they’re never that slutty, anyway, so yeah, I’m gonna say it: DOUBLE STANDARD. I don’t need to tell you how fucked it is, that there’s one day a year when dressing like you’re asking for it isn’t just socially acceptable, but anticipated, regulated, and mandated by whatever cultural elite it is that still thinks Playboy is relevant to actual human beings’ sex drives.
No, it isn’t “flirting” to turn yourself out for ONE NIGHT ONLY like a goddamn promotional deal at Mattress Discounters. Which isn’t to deny the sex-having aura a short skirt, stockings, and garters can lend. But there’s nothing more awkward than a girl in her first platforms on October 31st. Unless you are going as yourself, Clumsy Slut. Which would still be sexier any other day of the year.
