It's always a bad sign when the New York Times cites Carlos Mencia on a gender issue

Am I the only person who thinks this piece on sexy halloween costumes was just an excuse to include sexy photos of costume ads in the Times Style section? And to base this conclusion on how weak the article's analysis is? I mean who talks about "double standards" anymore? It's like Jesse Spano ghost-wrote this.

To be real for a minute, though: Where in the hell is my sexy canister of compressed, pharmacuetical-grade carbon dioxide costume? Not in the Party City circular that came in the mail today!? WTF-ity F!