MY GRADE: 
Okay, I’ll be the first to admit it: I’m not an 8 year old girl. As a matter of fact, I think 90% of my friends would back me up on that. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a disturbing trend.
Disney and the likes have crammed it into every prepubescent girl’s head that highest, most lofty goal in life is to become a Princess.
What’s wrong with that, you say?
Well, let’s break it down. What exactly is a Princess? The short answer would be a rich freeloader. A kept woman. An unemployed moocher. If I was getting real nasty I might go as far as to say “a high class whore.” (Don’t worry. I’ve never yelled that to an 8 year old girl dressed as a princess. Okay, maybe once.)
And how does one become a princess? Well there are several ways. You can be born rich and have your parents hook you up with Prince (or in the case of real life, an inbred cousin). You can be poor and really hot and work that hotness until a Prince finds you. In order to increase those odds, you should start dating all sorts of ugly, brutish, unpleasant creatures: beasts, frogs, hunchbacks, and hope that one of them gets the call up to the majors — getting the big prince promotion (or “prince-motion,” if you will.)
So really, girls, it involves a lot of waiting around and a lot of primping. No time for medical school.
Meanwhile…
What do little boys dress as for Halloween? Firemen, policemen, Jedis, football players, doctors, superheros, wizards, giant can of Spam. All noble professions.
Girls? Princesses. Occasionally, a girl kicks it old school and dresses like Strawberry Shortcake. ( I don’t really know much about her, but I’m guessing she’s some kind of princess who bakes.)
Does anyone else notice an ambition gap here?
I know what you’re going to say next: “They’re just kids. Lighten up.”
But the thing is little girls play “dress-up as a princess” 365 days a year. It’s no longer a fantasy. It’s a career goal. And if we’re okay with that then I propose this: Little boys should get to dress up as gigolos.
Fair is fair.
So this Halloween, my little boy is going as Kevin Federline.
K-Fed
or
K-Fat
??????????
You are absolutely right. Very good points. Makes the hair on my neck stand up. No one will recognize your kid though. Thank God. I used to dress up as Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke since Disney wasn’t mass producing Princess garb 30 yrs ago. Back to your original point…wasn’t she a whore? It must be in our DNA. Go forth and propogate!
My son is doing Grevious, blood thirsty robot general, for Halloween. What’s more appropriate for a 6 year old I ask you?!
Well, it doesnt get any better as adults does it? Guys can dress as anything, women are always encouraged to dress trashily.
Okay, I’m not totally against this, but on principle I am.
You’re absolutely right…I should also mention the fact that in many Halloween parties I’ve seen females dress up as slut nurses/secretaries while they’re male counterparts(husbands or boyfriends or whatever) dress up as CEOs or doctors. Ambition and nothing else.