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Kris Ritter
paradoxical embolism
Join date: 31 Oct 2003
Posts: 6,627
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01-11-2005 09:15
Being a heterosexual male, Someone please tell me what da hell guys are doin dressed up as women. Probably fucking your brains out regularly, dude. Welcome to SL. ROFL  Being a lesbian elf and sometimes furry, somebody please tell me what da hell guys and girls are doing dressed up as aliens and robots???  |
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Shadow Weaver
Ancient
Join date: 13 Jan 2003
Posts: 2,808
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01-11-2005 09:16
Mechanical attachments last longer and even when broken are still solid..
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Jesrad Seraph
Nonsense
Join date: 11 Dec 2004
Posts: 1,463
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01-11-2005 09:23
You knew this was coming...
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Either Man can enjoy universal freedom, or Man cannot. If it is possible then everyone can act freely if they don't stop anyone else from doing same. If it is not possible, then conflict will arise anyway so punch those that try to stop you. In conclusion the only strategy that wins in all cases is that of doing what you want against all adversity, as long as you respect that right in others.
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Pituca FairChang
Married to Garth
Join date: 17 May 2003
Posts: 2,679
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01-11-2005 09:30
Please consider making your picture posting as attachments we click on and not insertions that take up the entire monitor and then some.
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Aimee Weber
The one on the right
Join date: 30 Jan 2004
Posts: 4,286
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01-11-2005 09:35
Being a heterosexual male, Someone please tell me what da hell guys are doin dressed up as women. Most common reasons I have encountered for Gender bending: They like women, they would rather have an AV that they enjoyed looking at rather than being. Think why so many guys like playing Laura Croft. Social/monitary gain. Some people feel it's just easier to make friends an earm money with a female AV. Gender Dysphoria, a real psychological condition in the DSM-IV where one's body gender does not match up with their identity. SL gives them a momentary escape from a RL that seems painful and wrong to them. Fetishtic thrill in playing the role of a women during a sexual encounter, or paraphillia associated with women's clothing. I would say I know at least one person from each category in SL. How we judge them is our own perogative, but from MY experience in getting to know these people, I found nothing even remotely "sick" or "creepy" (or any other pejorative words you may have) about them. I save my disgust for homophobes. _____________________
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Jesrad Seraph
Nonsense
Join date: 11 Dec 2004
Posts: 1,463
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01-11-2005 09:40
Wow Aimee, you hit the nail on the head, on all counts.
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Either Man can enjoy universal freedom, or Man cannot. If it is possible then everyone can act freely if they don't stop anyone else from doing same. If it is not possible, then conflict will arise anyway so punch those that try to stop you. In conclusion the only strategy that wins in all cases is that of doing what you want against all adversity, as long as you respect that right in others.
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Pendari Lorentz
Senior Member
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,372
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01-11-2005 09:46
Most common reasons I have encountered for Gender bending: They like women, they would rather have an AV that they enjoyed looking at rather than being. Think why so many guys like playing Laura Croft. Social/monitary gain. Some people feel it's just easier to make friends an earm money with a female AV. Gender Dysphoria, a real psychological condition in the DSM-IV where one's body gender does not match up with their identity. SL gives them a momentary escape from a RL that seems painful and wrong to them. Fetishtic thrill in playing the role of a women during a sexual encounter, or paraphillia associated with women's clothing. I would say I know at least one person from each category in SL. How we judge them is our own perogative, but from MY experience in getting to know these people, I found nothing even remotely "sick" or "creepy" (or any other pejorative words you may have) about them. I save my disgust for homophobes. Thank you Aimee! I was having a hard time trying to figure out how to reply to some of the posts in this thread without swearing like a sailor.  Great post! _____________________
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Issarlk Chatnoir
Cross L. apologist.
Join date: 3 Oct 2004
Posts: 424
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01-11-2005 09:59
Thats crazy.... Men are gonna become women because they can't find clothing? Puhlezz.. Folks are just sick in the head if they go around living a fantasy of being the other sex and their justification is the lack of clothing.. Yeah, it's sad to use so thin self-justification for that kind of conduct. Come on guys! Be real men and play a female av with conviction and pride! No hiding behind lame excuses. _____________________
Vincit omnia Chaos
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Ananda Sandgrain
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Join date: 16 May 2003
Posts: 1,951
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01-11-2005 09:59
Most common reasons I have encountered for Gender bending: ... Gender Dysphoria, a real psychological condition in the DSM-IV where one's body gender does not match up with their identity. SL gives them a momentary escape from a RL that seems painful and wrong to them. ... This is far more common than you may realize. I don't have the figures for female-to-male but here are the numbers for male-to-female: 1 in 2,500 in the U.S. have had genital reassignment surgery. approx. 1 in 300 have significant GID to the level of transsexualism. between 2% and 5% of the population cross-dresses on a regular basis. My personal speculation is that female-to-males are of comparable numbers, but thanks to feminism, there is much less social stigma to women wearing "male" clothing and taking on traditionally "male" roles in society. Thus they tend to fly under the radar. That's real life. Now factor in that we only have partial control over the appearance and feel of our bodies. We were not given a choice at birth of which gender we'd like to be. The numbers above apply only to those who feel so strongly about their desires to exercise their femininity that they are willing to ignore social stigma, and the aesthetics of putting a flowing dress onto a frame better suited for a football jersey. Is it really so surprising that, given a choice like we are here, large numbers of people take the chance to be a different gender? _____________________
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Jesrad Seraph
Nonsense
Join date: 11 Dec 2004
Posts: 1,463
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01-11-2005 10:08
between 2% and 5% of the population cross-dresses on a regular basis. It's up in the 10% in some societies. And the proportion of homosexuals is roughly the same among Xdressers and the rest of the population. _____________________
Either Man can enjoy universal freedom, or Man cannot. If it is possible then everyone can act freely if they don't stop anyone else from doing same. If it is not possible, then conflict will arise anyway so punch those that try to stop you. In conclusion the only strategy that wins in all cases is that of doing what you want against all adversity, as long as you respect that right in others.
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Carolyn Fallingbridge
Auntie
Join date: 31 Dec 2003
Posts: 120
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01-11-2005 10:29
Most common reasons I have encountered for Gender bending: They like women, they would rather have an AV that they enjoyed looking at rather than being. Think why so many guys like playing Laura Croft. Social/monitary gain. Some people feel it's just easier to make friends an earm money with a female AV. Gender Dysphoria, a real psychological condition in the DSM-IV where one's body gender does not match up with their identity. SL gives them a momentary escape from a RL that seems painful and wrong to them. Fetishtic thrill in playing the role of a women during a sexual encounter, or paraphillia associated with women's clothing. I would say I know at least one person from each category in SL. How we judge them is our own perogative, but from MY experience in getting to know these people, I found nothing even remotely "sick" or "creepy" (or any other pejorative words you may have) about them. I save my disgust for homophobes. Well said, Aimee. Though I still maintain that there are more reasons than can be summed up why someone would gender-bend online. You hit a lot of big ones, though. Next thing you know, we'll be in the schools! --Carolyn (The anti-Auntie) _____________________
Don't worry... I'm not *your* Auntie, if you don't want me to be.
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