After reading last week's "Cinderella Ate My Daughter", I stumbled across a clip from a very well known show "what would you do" the host presents people with situations on hidden cameras that test people's morality. Episodes often present on parenting methods, race and class issues and also situations that may be dangerous for people if someone were not to step in. In this episode it was based around halloween norms, what children should be allowed and what is normative for them to wear.
******Watch the clip here!*****
Sadly as much as people say that you should have free choice of what you wear, and to never limit a childs imagination through clothing and gender roles, every single person in this video does. For someone to tell a child that they cant be spiderman because thats the boys costume is further instilling what many children are taught. You would expect to hear that from a little boy to a young girl; that is playground nonsense. The worst part of the video, is when the actress mother tells another mother that she hopes it is just a phase and that she wants to try and nip it in the butt while she can.... AND THE AMOUNT OF MOTHERS THAT AGREE!!!! for someone to say that a child is going through a phase that does match with the sex of the child is insane. When I grew up I was never limited to what my halloween costume was, one year I was an alien! and not a girl alien, there was nothing about the costume that would give away my gender. To limit a child of what they can wear goes against what we as a society should be striving for. I was so happy that a young woman stepped in and whole heartedly told the little girl that she can be whatever she wants to be... including spiderman for halloween. The way that she went about it is the way that this "problem" should be tackled daily; with love, understanding and compassion.
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