The weirdest thing about Halloween last night is that it was almost entirely girls being escorted by women.

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

The weirdest thing about Halloween last night is that it was almost entirely girls being escorted by women.

Is this typical in the UK?

[jetlagjen@geekdom.social]

@ryanc yes.

Boys over the age of 8 are *far* too cool (read: indoctrinated into toxic masculinity) to do anything fun, or be seen in the presence of a parent.

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@JetlagJen that's... really sad

it was always mixed when kids came to my house in the US, and most kids when I was growing up weren't escorted, just in groups

[tychotithonus@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc @JetlagJen

Accelerated by gender differences in socialization expectations