Yes. Yes. Yes. I try to make this point every opportunity I get.

Oh so much this. One of my nieces was allowed to wear a boy’s costume, albeit with much hand ringing, but we had to had an absurd discussion about whether the animal costume my nephew wanted was “boyish enough,” Like he was 2, and it was an animal costume, I had no idea what that even meant. He was also not allowed to…

When I was in kindergarten I was a cat for Halloween, but not just any cat, MY cat. My grandmother sewed different colored patches onto a sweatsuit to look like my cat, Fern, who was a mostly black calico.

“Why does “gender neutral” have to mean “without any traditionally feminine signifiers”?”

Sexy slice of pizza is my personal fav.

Honestly, the easiest solution to this problem would be to have both a boy and a girl each wearing the costume on the package.

Honest answer - part of the problem is marketing. Websites seperate sections as “boy costumes” and “girl costumes” so you have to click into boy costumes to see anything cool. (The same thing happens in clothes, like if i want to buy my daughter socks I have to open 2 tabs and search the boys section and the girls…

This is so true, when I was 7 or 8 and searching for Penny Loafers the shoe salesman at one of those kid shoe stores back in the 80s told my mom that my feet were so wide, I’d need the boys penny loafers, and we bought them and they were IDENTICAL to the girl’s shoes but I knew they were boy’s shoes and I pretty much…

I agree with you, but I also think that kids can be sensitive to broad messages. The pictures clearly show boys in those outfits. Gendering starts early! I suppose the answer could be to buy the costume and unwrap it before presenting it to the child, but I’m guessing parents want to bring the kids to the store to…

Or is it more of an issue that a little girl isn’t going to want to wear a costume that’s been labeled a boy’s?

My mom frequently bought me boys costumes. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle one was the best by far. So, you *can*, but the issue is that little girls shouldn’t be getting the message that those things are for boys. They’re for everyone.

Maybe. I never underestimate the ability of businesses to not market products out of fear that by marketing them, they might overshadow other products.

I’m totally behind this woman, and I think it’s awesome that this is getting attention, but I always wish these arguments would go even further. Yes, girls should be allowed and encouraged to dress up as train conductors and firefighters and so on. BUT ALSO, boys should be encouraged to dress up as Elsa from enchanted…

It’s especially bad with Teen Titans because it’s a team of five and two of them are women. They’re also the two most powerful out of the group by far.

Raven is definitely my favorite. I keep telling her I want to be Raven, but she won’t let me because “boys can’t wear girl costumes.” I keep trying to tell her they can, but she’s just not ready to accept that yet.

This happens just about every time there is a hero grouping with women in it. Most recently there would be so many times I would see Avengers stuff and Black Widow was nowhere to be found. Same with Gamora of Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s gotten to the point where I whenever I do see the women of the team on a piece…

As a former journalist turned marketer, who works closely with a PR team, I think this all. the. time.

Here’s a crazy idea: Why bother sorting them by gender at all? Why not divide them by Occupation, Fantasy, Scary, that sort of thing?

All they had to say was “we appreciate you taking the time to address this matter. Our current fall line is closed, but we will address our need to expand the costume choices for girls in the near future. Thanks for being a customer.” The end. Why are people so bad at public relations?