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Surprised by the amount of leg they're showing around toxic chemicals? I doubt it. Needless to say, the male majority of the results were not as sexy:
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Although some were pretty adorable:
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There are a variety of costumes that represent real professions: firefighters, cops, soldiers... Granted, women have managed to make all of these costumes "sexy." God forbid a woman dress up for Halloween and not be wearing thigh high boots:
Can you really fight fires in that? Whatever. I get it. It's a day where you're allowed to dress provocatively without being unfairly labeled. In college, I was a "sexy train" one year.
I defy you to find a sexier train. But let's talk about the non-sexy costumes. Why aren't any of them accompanied by a stereotypical psychological state, like "mad?" Nobody dresses up as a "sad cop," or an "impatient soldier." In fact, most of the fake men-in-uniform seem to be perfectly normal human beings:
Just once, I would like to see someone dressed as a perfectly rational scientist, his or her hand on the shoulder of another perfectly rational scientist, as they work together in the collaborative human effort we call "science." Also just once, I would like to see a fake scientist who can be sexy without having to wear garters into the imaginary lab, because real sexy scientists tend to prefer socks.
Just for reminiscing's sake, and to prove that I didn't always just sit around and complain about stereotypes all day, here is the full group of "sexy women in uniform" from 2006:
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