This week I've been assisting the production of some short documentaries at Channel 4. One of the girls who was being filmed about her identity is obsessed with Batman, and so we wanted to get a hold of a Batman costume for her to wear.

I know it's Batman but I didn't realise how hard it would be to find a costume that would fit a girl. nowhere had them. Another assistant told me to "just get her a Batgirl one instead" but
a) Batgirl is completely different to Batman, and it wouldn't have made sense in the documentary
b) The girl in question is 15 and all the Batgirl costumes were a bit sexed up, and given that I was working under the guidance of the NSPCC, I couldn't really get away with forcing her into what is essentially a fetish outfit.

ANYWAY, long story short, I found Batsuits for men, for kids and for dogs but not for girls/women.

Sigh. At Halloween I always want to dress as a male character. It's much more of a disguise, y'see? Anyway, I just thought this was interesting. You don't have to agree.

Oh, and for your pleasure, here is the Batdogsuit:

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made me think of this



which of course she had to buy from a sex shop

i wonder if the batman suit could be regarded as a fetish suit. are we sexist or asymmetrically sexualised for just seeing the fetish in the female suit?

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Interesting question... I'm sure some Batman suits could be regarded that way by some, but the fact remains that there are Batman suits available for young children, and most of those for adults are simply larger versions of these. Kind of baggy, kind of silly with fake muscle-padding. The Batgirl costumes are all tight and revealing, some are kind of rubberised and... I don't know. I suppose there's just more overtly suggestive. Which sounds like a contradiction, but I'm sure you know what I mean.

I should add that I don't think Batman hasn't become sexualised or anything over the years - George Clooney's suit had nipples, let us not forget.

I suppose that traditionally, male superheroes don't have to be sexy to appeal to core comic demographics, and that this element comes later. With female characters, though, there needs to be a sexual core there somewhere. Which I don't really have a problem with - I just wish that a girl could dress up as any superhero she wanted without having to sexually objectify herself. I wish Batman suits for girls were easy to get hold of.

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codpieces too. lets not forget those.

um. i dont know, i mean batman IS a male character to begin with... and im pretty sure the whole reason a batgirl was ever introduced was to make it a little more equal. add a female into the heroes of that comic. same reason they came up with a supergirl. yes?

i cant really comment much on the halloween costumes tho. i mean, what female ahlloween costume isnt really kind of sexualised?

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Originally Posted by dotty wokker and laugh about it all you want. you wont be laughing when my friends dos the fuck out of your hard drive.

why won't they fit? boobs? strap em down.

I know. But Batgirl is lame and Batman is cool so I'd want to be Batman if I was dressing as one of them...

And actually, i think the boobs would help - the costumes were all way too big for a size 8 girl. I could've pinned the costume but we were hiring it and I didn't want to risk damaging it.

Anyway, I didn't really intend this as a serious thread, I just got fake outraged this week that dogs can be Batman but girls can't.

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helloooo he is a man, why should there be a girl's out fit for batman?? that's silly.


Having said that Batman always had GREAT female characters. Batgirl, Catwoman, Poison Ivy the sexiest woman in comics, Thalia, Oracle, etc etc etc.

Because girls should be allowed to be Batman too. He's a better character than Batgirl and Poison Ivy... Catwoman is debatable.

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ok am I allowed to dress as She-Ra??? or Sailormoon???? no, so why should girls be allowed to dress like Batman???


it's like that excerpt from The Cement Garden that Madonna used on What it feels like for a girl.

You should be. I think the point of dressing up is that you're not confined by gender in fancy dress. I've been Groucho Marx.

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well because you are a girl and it's ok for a girl to look like a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because being a girl is degrading

that is so true. costume shops never have a good madonna one in my size.

what are the madonna costumes?? are they like the cone bra and stuff?? never seen one

fucking moron.

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Originally Posted by dotty wokker and laugh about it all you want. you wont be laughing when my friends dos the fuck out of your hard drive.

actually yes you are, and pics please. i missed this. which quote? the underage incest scene?

not a superhero, but i used to dress as hopey from love and rockets comic when i was teenager

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haha. my pup Pinkerton was Batman for Halloween last year. that is more interesting than HighClassHo thinking she is Madonna again.

wow, way to miss the point.
sexist asshole.

wow you totally missed the message in "What It Feels Like For A Girl".

shame on you

Wow. We understand Madonna lyrics better than HCH does?
At the first mention of Madonna I was going to say "No Madonna, please" but actually, it's ok that things have turned out this way. HCH - your reps are so red - what happened?

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