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Skimpy costumes for young girls called reflection of culture

With provocative names like “Major Flirt” and “Miss Behaved,” skimpy costumes for girls are becoming the norm in the aisles of Halloween stores.

These two costumes — an army major in a short camouflage dress, and a convict in a striped dress with jeweled pink handcuffs — are among many Halloween outfits available to girls as young as age 4.

Quoted: UW-Madison sociology professor Myra Marx Ferree