5 Feminist Reasons To Wear A sexy prom dress — Because the Jig Is Up About Your Virginity

f, like me, you’re the type of chick who prefers tight, uncovering, and less-is-more outfits, why would you wear anything different to enter wedlock? Sexy two piece prom dresses are very popular, according to the Atlantic, and more women are fleeing aesthetic tradition and letting it all chill instead of covering up in layers of lace, crepe, and crinoline. Some might responsibility this trend on a hypersexual culture of misogyny, but there might be a few feminist reasons to mix up your matrimonial garb, too.


My earliest image of sexy wedding attire is definitely Stephanie Seymour in Guns N’ Roses’ video for “November Rain. ” While her dress errs on the traditional side, it still copes with to show off her insanely gorgeous gams (garter included) while maintaining a brilliant hot feel. With her in mind, when i did a spur-of-the-moment ceremony in Sin city, I donned a hot pink leopard print spandex number, and when I had the state run wedding with family, Used to do so in a black see-through Badgley Mischka dress. No, I didn’t wear those outfits for my dude, in order to prove I’m hot even though I was about to get married, or because my body becomes my worth or some noise, but because that was how i felt preferred.

 (Have you ever tried to essentially walk while wearing a train? Yikes. )#) The traditional covered up look did not match my personality, and I know women feel this also way. These are five feminist reasons to say YES to a sexy prom dress. 1. You aren’t buying into the idea Two Piece Long Royal Blue Taffeta Trumpet Mermaid Prom Dress that your husband owns your body Tradition has it that you’d cover yourself up on your big day because it wouldn’t be appropriate to let anyone see the goods before the deal is sealed, right? Well, wearing a uncovering prom dress sets that antiquated idea down in a very visible way. You are not suddenly some guy’s property to be kept hidden for his eyes only because you get married, so just why not show yourself off to the world if you’re so inclined? 2. You aren’t pretending to be a virgin There’s no shame in having insane amounts of sex before you’re married, just as there’s no shame in waiting until you’re married to have sex. A sexy prom dress says, “yes, I am a sexual being whether you dig it or not. ”


Your worth is not defined because of your hymen status. 3. You’re demonstrating you can be married and grow sexual Wearing a hot prom dress can also help offset the gloomy notion that marriage means the end of your sex life. If the only reason you wear a sexy dress happens because you feel hot and your partner-to-be is started up, why not? Who says your whole wedding can’t be just one long evening of foreplay? 4. It’s body positive Two Piece Long Royal Blue Taffeta Trumpet Mermaid Prom Dress Some feminists say we only exhibit our bodies because we’ve been brainwashed to do so, but others say that mindful choices about your aesthetic and your physicality can be radically feminist — in particular when you don’t fit into the cis, white, straight, thin mold. So yeah, wearing a sexy prom dress will be very body positive, and extremely feminist. 5. You’re saying to terrible with tradition There are so many ways to say “suck it” to significant other traditions, and appearance can go a long way to do just that. Sure, a sexy prom dress can be yet another dress, but if you’re showing some skin and reveling in your sex and your body while demonstrating you’re nobody’s property, it's really a whole lot more.