The "Who's Really a Boy?" Game

[kateamdahl]

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

Comments

[grizzygriswold]

well, I mainly have an opposite gender avatar because its more interesting to me. I don't want to be female in rl, but the chance to walk around as a female temporarily would be a pretty fascinating experience. SL is a chance to experience in some small way and that's the main reason I have an opposite gender avatar. Its also helped me overcome a bit of my introversion.
However I will say that to some degree my avatar is eye candy, but I try to make her tasteful eyecandy and not slutty teenage boy wet dream eyecandy. As far as the never wearing pants thing goes, guilty as charged, but not because I'm overcompensating for lack of rl femininity (I actually act pretty much the same in sl). I just find dresses and skirts more attractive.

[cyfishy]

I personally see gender as more of a social construct than a biological imperative. Yes, there are certain differences, but I think those differences are amplified and sometimes a bit twisted by what society keeps telling us those differences mean. I mean, if we're irretrievably wired by our sexual biology, then why do we still have people who chide men for being 'sissies' or women for being 'unladylike'? Surely, if these things are 'innate' then we wouldn't need societal pressure to hold these notions in place

[faerie_h]

Imagine this, a friend calls and says she's going to (another) friend's party and would you like to come too? "Great - let's go" you say

[kateamdahl]

Great post, hon. :)

^^^\ Kate /^^^

[vannesh]

Although I hate the "guess the RL gender" thing myself, and don't ever try to figure it out directly as I think WYSIWYG is the best way to deal with a virtual world, there are usually small clues that can give a person away

just a boy/girl thing

[anonymous]

I'm a guy that primarily walks as a woman in world. To be honest I don't consider myself Transgender (It's a fantasy but I doubt I'd ever go farther than MAYBE occasional crossdressing). The biggest reason for me is the fact that I started in sl as a guy and frankly I wasn't enjoying it. I found it hard to "denoob", it became quickly apparent that I would be better able to support myself inworld as a girl (just too broke atm to spend rl money into sl, and I was meeting all the same kinds of people I would've met in rl. Mostly gamers and sci-fi geeks that got into stupid arguments(Kirk vs Spock, Halo vs Doom etc.) I almost left sl out of frustration with it's sameness