Comments | kateamdahl: The "Who's Really a Boy?" Game

kateamdahl

The "Who's Really a Boy?" Game

Oct 03, 2008 15:03

I admit, I sometimes play the "Who's Really a Boy?" guessing game. That's a bad name for it: I should really probably call it the "Whose First Life Self Is a Man?" game, but that doesn't have the same sparkle ( Read more... )

first life, privacy, gender, second life

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Re: Guessing game kateamdahl October 4 2008, 20:22:01 UTC

Wow, that's a pretty fascinating idea! Does anyone know anyone who has tried this? I'd love to interview them, anonymously or not!

^^^\ Kate /^^^

anonymous October 4 2008, 01:19:31 UTC

I've never counted virtual gender as being any relation to RL gender - never particularly cared, either, heh - since I change avatars as often as most people change their socks :) and have transgendered friends (who pick a virtual gender to match the "true self").

It's sometimes easier to spot male vs. female by choice of language (speech mannerisms, not whether or not they speak english) and expression of language.

The only time I give a rat's ass is when someone decides to use lame pickup lines like "nice t---, wanna f---?" or is, erm, wearing their anatomy on the outside of their clothing. :)

Rest of the time, meh. *shrugs*

Trying to "peg" my gender... anonymous October 4 2008, 07:39:26 UTC

Wears pants - yes. Wears a ladies' Thorn .45 with rose garter on her right thigh - yes. Often wears a "Knitting" teeshirt in sl. (Stich and Bitch, baby :)) Often has a toucan on her shoulder. Has little but contempt for whining males in sl or anywhere else, and publicly skewers them with complete glee. Loves her sl cat, her sl garden, her sl catamaran. Yeah - I'm female :)

By the way - as for "chick tests"? I ask first - then ask them to identify a "mystery object": an eyelash curler. This appears similar enough to something else... that men "know" what it is... but women really know what it is. Deadly test. Has produced several crises... use with caution.

valkendal October 4 2008, 12:37:59 UTC

"But there are women in First Life who like extremely feminine female lovers, and there are women in First Life who like weapons. "

And there are women in first life and SL who like tough, independent women too. Which can manifest in SL as a preoccupation with guns, vehicles, etc. I have an SL lover who is that way, and sure, I have had some doubts, but the thing that makes fairly certain she's a she is less tangible. She has a RL little sister, and the way she talks about her (having been a little sister to a big sister myself) just seems very real. But in the end, I practice 'don't ask, don't tell' and stay away from 7 foot tall, blingy big-breasted blondes.

anonymous October 4 2008, 16:54:02 UTC

I've actually met more women with male alts than men with female alts, but I had to stop keeping track because it just got too weird.

Several of the men-traveling-as-females that I've talked to for any length of time, confess to living out rezbian girl-on-girl fantasies using their porn star barbies. I mean whatever floats your boat, right? I just - yeah, what the above commenter said. Stay away from the obvious attention seekers no matter what gender they're wearing.