Secrecy, Identity, Truth and Lies

[kateamdahl]

A lot of Second Life avatars are different from their Real Life counterparts. A lot. Males have female avatars, females (less often) have male avatars, married people represent themselves as single and available, and almost everyone is svelte and trim, with large breasts for the women and bulky muscles for the men

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[kateamdahl]

I definitely agree with you...but not everyone does! As far as I can tell, people who object to having an avatar of a different gender or age or race or appearance make a distinction between things that are obviously not true about a person (like having the tail of a fish) and things that might or might not be true about a person (like being 20-something years old). And how you and I may feel about the matter won't persuade someone who feels differently! However much we may want people to share our point of view, a lot of people won't, so we'll have to deal with those people one way or another, whether it means avoiding them, confronting them, or just handling problems as they come up.

And while I might disagree with some of the reasons for thinking that way, there are at least a few that I can really understand. For instance, when someone doesn't want to get romantically involved with another person unless they can be sure that person's First Life gender matches their Second Life gender, or people who don't want to promote the Barbie Ideal any more than it has been promoted.

Where do you like to spend time when you're a mermaid? Mermism is wonderful! :)

^^^\ Kate /^^^