When this little girl got her heart set on being Star Wars’ Han Solo for Halloween, her dad took the only sensible course of action… he dressed up with her.
As who? As Princess Leia. Because he’s a God amongst men.
Writing on GoodMenProject.com, he explained that his daughter has always decided his Halloween costumes for him, and over the past three years they’ve included Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz from Pineas & Ferb, Wreck-It Ralph and the character Grunkie Stan from Gravity Falls.
This year, she apparently had decided she was going to be Hermione Granger from Harry Potter… until she saw Star Wars for the first time, and everything changed – leaving her wanting to dress as Harrison Ford’s iconic character.
Her dad, Tom Burns, writes: “Immediately, I responded ‘Yeah, why, of course, you could. That would be amazing. Why couldn’t you be Han Solo?’ And, even though I didn’t want her response to come, it did. ‘Welll…. I’m a girl.’”
Showing her pictures of other women in full Solo gear was a winning move. He adds: “My daughter’s eyes went wide. She was sold on the idea. This could happen. But then she turned and looked at me, ‘But what are you going to be?’ She thought for a second and said ‘Well, if I’m a Han Solo, you should probably be Princess Leia, I guess…’
“She looked at me with an implied question in her eyes. And, c’mon, if I immediately told her ‘YES, a girl can be Han Solo,’ it would’ve been pretty hypocritical of me to say ‘Nope, a boy can’t be Princess Leia.’ So, as quickly as I could, I said, ‘That would be FANTASTIC. I totally should be Leia.’
“And that’s exactly what I did. Because that’s what dads do.” Best. Dad. Ever.
He added: “All in all, I think my daughter and I will make a great pair for Halloween. We got nothing but smiles at the Halloween event we attended last night and even got a few laughs when I came face-to-face with a mom dressed as Princess Leia and said ‘Well, this is embarrassing…’
“But, I think, my big take-away from all this will be—equality goes both ways. If I’m going to tell my daughter that she can do almost anything a man can do (excepting some very specific biological acts), then I also need to show her that a man can do almost anything a woman can do too… especially when it’s something awesome like dressing up as a character from one of the best movies ever.”
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