tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779588274142797600.post4435748666440173760..comments2023-03-28T04:19:49.425-07:00Comments on Veronique's Second Life Blog: Freedom tastes of realityVeronique Lalondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343212887120065696noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779588274142797600.post-23603680599770181202008-12-06T11:07:00.000-08:002008-12-06T11:07:00.000-08:00I also have a female avatar and am male in RLThe h...I also have a female avatar and am male in RL<BR/>The hardest part when you are found out as a male and griefed, unfriended, ect.<BR/>I have never told anyone in SL that I am a RL female and I am usually taken a face value.<BR/>But recently it became necessary for me to reveal my true gender and now I wish I had not got in the situation. To say the least it did not end well.<BR/><BR/>I have a male avatar also but like most have problems making friends with him.. irls all think you are hitting on them and guys think you are after their girls. Oh well such is lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779588274142797600.post-30126355198400911922008-01-22T23:14:00.000-08:002008-01-22T23:14:00.000-08:00This is a big topic barely scratched; some serious...This is a big topic barely scratched; some serious study needs done. Some thoughts- RL males are under extreme pressure to gain status by a certain time (20's) so they can offer the best-case prospect for a mate/family man/etc. Male life expectancy is lower because males are evolutionarily driven to seek out methods for putting themselves at risk in order to gain this status (it's not just stupidity ;) ). This search for risk is curtailed by law-writing males in power who perpetuate the uneven distribution of property through the textual violence of law. Marginalized males are cornered into seeking out risk in ever-more dangerous ways, for example culminating in gangs.<BR/>The phenomenon of SL (which I sense is just beginning) is just a tiny step towards freeing the mind from the physical chasis. A RL male carries X chromosomes, early on had a female body until Y-chromosome differentiation began, came from woman; I suspect there's a Freudian projection or denial of the awareness that males find women inescapable; women are like infinite gravitation, and their options at being scantily clad helps the situation not one bit. So, a female avatar in SL makes the tiniest little possibility of tapping into that deep power while also escaping out of the pressure of being male in this highly domesticated world. There is also a theatrical, dramatic, cinematic and sensual pleasure in the vulnerability of being (virtually) female. Freud would include this under the pursuit of 'mastery' (his word), or progressive gaining of control over traumatic experiences through repetition. This is like running a female virtual server with a female operating system on a male server with a male operating system.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the provocative questions!<BR/><BR/>[Male in RL]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779588274142797600.post-58904202147048754012007-05-30T07:05:00.000-07:002007-05-30T07:05:00.000-07:00Gemini, tu fait des bons points. Pour le moment, ...Gemini, tu fait des bons points. Pour le moment, on est protégé en SL. On peut être n'importe quoi, parce qu'il est un monde d'imagination. Une grande libération!Veronique Lalondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343212887120065696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779588274142797600.post-39360024223903220562007-05-30T04:55:00.000-07:002007-05-30T04:55:00.000-07:00Hi, In despite of my efforts, english is not my la...Hi, <BR/><BR/>In despite of my efforts, english is not my language... sorry for the mistakes.<BR/> <BR/>Veronique, you touch a good point with your articles, i think many men play a role in the FL (or RL ), , the role of the strong male , because, it is the rules of the life ...and the men who don't play this, are classified like gay or faible ... and cannot have the female ;-) lol ... it is the rule of the wild life and humans are yet animals .<BR/><BR/>In SL, it is possible to have an other game in the hand , and men use perhaps, it is an hypothese, their true personnal personnality, more emphatic, softer, womanly ..<BR/><BR/>because perhaps, they have the protection of the screen (l'écran) <BR/><BR/>geminiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779588274142797600.post-3042943069684778092007-05-28T09:12:00.000-07:002007-05-28T09:12:00.000-07:00And then voice came along...- Peter StindbergAnd then voice came along...<BR/><BR/>- Peter StindbergAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779588274142797600.post-8317197623277662742007-05-28T02:47:00.000-07:002007-05-28T02:47:00.000-07:00I agree, it is extraordinary. My experience as a ...I agree, it is extraordinary. <BR/><BR/>My experience as a female avi is, in all kind of small ways, influencing my first life as a male.<BR/><BR/>There is a light touch, a quality of freedom I get from being a female in SL. The question is how can I integrate and realize this in my RL? <BR/><BR/>And RL doesn't help, RL doesn't want this. There is danger in men expressing femininity, it is threatening, 'not right'.<BR/><BR/>As I said in your last post, I'm happy with my RL gender, I'm content with my sexuality. <BR/><BR/>SL gives me the opportunity to allow my feminine side to flower, to play and express herself. It's incredibly liberating for me as a man to have this opportunity. I am immensely grateful for it.<BR/><BR/>AnimaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527968154707318980noreply@blogger.com