Kaleido reading 21 caught my attention from the beginning. Gender Stereotypes in relation to Halloween. I will keep this entry short because of all of the other posts you have to read, but I just find it fascinating the way companies and organizations steer people with gender.
It was interesting to find in this study that the masculine types of costumes included villainous characters such as Captain Hook and monsters such as Frankenstein. I think this is a stereotype in itself because it shows boys like darker/more thrilling types of costumes/material as opposed to girls which society says they are to be more "girl acting" and like fluffier nicer things.
Numbers usually never lie, but I think it still is important not to rely on stereotypes because although the boys and girls purchased specific costumes according to their gender, I still think that is not always accurate. That is the issue with society today, everyone falls into the trap of believing everything they see or hear (mainly stereotypes) and it automatically produces a thought of what one person should act or sound like and that should NOT be the case.
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