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While I 100% agree with the sign, I don't think that cosplay is appropriate for walking the floor at comicon. Maybe I'm just becoming an old prude, but that girl is practically nude, and comicon is an all-ages event. I'm not saying she deserves to be harassed, and I'm not letting anyone off the hook for being a creep to her, but that kind of cosplay should be reserved for photo shoots or adults-only environments.
Theres a double standard at play here though. The amount of skin exposure is comparable, yet one is unacceptable.
Double standard is part of it, but sexualization isn't just about how much skin is showing. This outfit shows about as much skin as the Conan cosplay, but is clearly more sexualized:
A Supergirl or Powergirl cosplay can also be revealing, and while you might find someone in that cosplay (or the Conan cosplay) sexual attractive, they're not as sexually suggestive as what this girl is wearing (which is essentially some belts held together with body tape, I presume). The line is blurry and dependent on context, but I would say this is over that line.
It appears that the NYC Comic Con guideline is "Skimpy costumes are permitted though concessions to accuracy are needed if skimpy to the point of negligible coverage i.e. less than typical swimwear."
It is, of course, up to the enforcer, but I would evaluate the Nonon cosplayer as "less than typical swimwear", and the Conan cosplayer to be about the same as typical swimwear. Some skin-colored underlayer would've made it more safe.
Neither is unacceptable depending on context.
Walking in a supermarket? Both unacceptable
Comic-con? Both are looking for attention. But no touching, you weirdos.
Can I opt into a society where both costumes at the supermarket are acceptable?
Those costumes are too cool to only wear a couple times per year.
Why would someone with any age have a problem with nearly nude woman running around? Go touch some Grass in the Park or Beach Sand in the summer or go to a public swimming pool. Everyone is there everyone is there (nearly) nude.
Yeah but that's why context matters. Wearing a bikini at the beach is one thing, wearing it to a job interview is another. I know this line can be blurry with comic book characters since most of them wear fairly revealing outfits, but I would say wearing one of the hyper-sexualized outfits from the anime about high-school girls who get superpowers when their outfits get more sexually explicit is probably too sexual explicit for an all-ages event.
Oh fuck all the way off. Let a woman dress however she wants. If a Luffy or Conan costume is okay, what this woman is wearing is okay too.
Sometimes women like drawing gazes. The point is it should always stop at gazes.
How do you think children will be negatively impacted by nude woman?
I respectfully disagree. There is nothing to be ashamed about. The human lack of fur is no cause for shaming. It is nature. The sadistic shaming is the cause of bad behavior. The taboo bottles people and creates the tension that leads to uncontrolled release due to a lack of self exploration and growth. The dogma culture of Puritan masochistic emotional austerity is harmful. Humans are valid for being themselves without anyone else having a right to project their dogma onto anyone else. The Hippocratic aphorism "first do no harm" – so live and let live in peace is all that matters. No harm is done by dressing in any fashion a person chooses, so no one has a right to interfere.
(Hardcore) Porn that shows kids an unreal act and can make people addicted is bad. But nude bodies IRL are good.
If your kids are mature enough to read the comics at the convention then they're mature enough to see people walking around dressed like the characters, right? Why overthink this?
Well, "comics," is a big medium, and what's appropriate will vary from comic to comic. I'm kinda having this problem at the moment; my toddler is obsessed with Superman, but since his age appropriateness can vary wildly, I have to be very selective with what media I let him see. I can basically show him the old Superfriends cartoon, some episodes of the 90s show, and the non-racist fliescher serials.
But either way, last time I was at Comicon (3 or 4 years ago), there were a ton of kids there, and last I check, anyone under 13 was free. It is, at least outwardly, a very pro-kid event. I don't think it's unreasonable to say that some cosplay might be too sexual for an environment where you expect to see children.
I don't think it's unreasonable to put the responsibility on parents to determine what's appropriate for their children to see.