Police Blotter : Gender Made Public

male avs are boring. i have 1 male alt and he's no fun to shop for.

Although the search for the right male attachment took up a lot of my brother's time and energy.

/me is very afraid of meeeting Nina's male alt.

please tell me you did not accompany your brother on this search!

but does it?

As you pointed out there will be some people who will have voices that it is hard to tell. Does that person who voices give permission to everyone who they voice chat with to speculate on whether their RL gender is the same as their AVs and spread the information around?

Cos they couldn't do it? ... <ducks the flaming>

I took Pie's point to be about the tone of the first few responses to this thread, the implication that there was something hypocritical about LL taking action against someone for this while at the same time making available a tool that makes disguising gender harder.

Pie's point (as I read it) is that use of voice is voluntary, so there's no inconsistency. I think that's a good point.

but does it?

As you pointed out there will be some people who will have voices that it is hard to tell. Does that person who voices give permission to everyone who they voice chat with to speculate on whether their RL gender is the same as their AVs and spread the information around?

Someone pointed out in other Online spaces where voice changers are common a lot of people try to "out" those using voice changers. And often times get it wrong.

Not everyones voice will fit into hollywood's definition of "He sounda like a man" or "She sounda like a woman"

I personally think this is another totally unenforcable thing - People have speculated about gender since SL started often using ridiculous reasoning. Such as the Classics -

"Any female Av that wears High heels all the time must be a man"

"Any female Av who has sex with another female Av must be a man"

"Any female who is an escort must be a man."

"Any female who dresses slutty must be a man"

"Any female Av who is a Subbie must be a man"

"Any female Av who is a Mistress must be a man"

Ohh and my favorite -

"Any female Av who wont web cam with strangers must be a man"


I think there are a lot of people paranoid about gender in Second Life - to the point they are guaranteed to scare away all those Avs who are the RL Gender they want away.

Men use this issue as an excuse to be prying and nasty to Women.

Women use this issue as an excuse to be bitchy about other Women. The old skewer the competition motif.

Left out my favourites

"You won't call me so you must be a man"

"You won't jump on a plane and come meet me someplace strange so you must be a man"

There's a reason I don't call people, nothing beats having to file police reports because a someone calls my # at all hours and then spreads it around as 'revenge' for me not wanting to date them.

That was 7 years ago. I take great pride in knowing all the info about me on the web that is findable is there because I placed it and control exactly what is seen.

I do find the "appearing to reveal" rather odd as a charge. But that's just another mystery of how Linden Labs appears to be working on alledgedly enhancing Second Life.

His stated reason is that its entirely un-enforcable.

He actually stated an interest in removing the Entire Community Standards save the Tolerance statement.

The Tolerance Statement he admits is also unenforcable but he said LL should set the tone with that.

(In some circles that would be called him talking of both sides of his mouth.)

This is in the same video where he highlights his plan to merge sections of the teen and adult grid.

I wonder how many parents are going to be cool with not only their kids being able to mingle with adults, but with those adults allowed to disclose the teens rl info if they learn it.




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Lots of interesting stuff in here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2642394922604088000

Watch for yourself and form your own opinions since some LL aplogists accuse me of not understanding the video and putting words in Dan's mouth - even when I make EXACT quotes.

I do find the "appearing to reveal" rather odd as a charge. But that's just another mystery of how Linden Labs appears to be working on alledgedly enhancing Second Life.

How come no one is paranoid of women playing men?

A little difference in that you use voice YOU are outing yourself in that case. That's different from John running around saying "Hey. Mary is really a guy".

I am a woman frequently playing a male AV... he is dashingly handsome... be afraid

Does he have money?

*I* have money. Tell me more about the "dashingly handsome" part!

I am a woman frequently playing a male AV... he is dashingly handsome... be afraid

...Then again, you all could be overanalyzing the charge. Flashers tend to "make their gender public" all the time.

How come no one is paranoid of women playing men?

Hmm because very few of them can pretend to know stuff about cars, hardware, football, and sleezy pron videos? And the ones that can are welcome anyways

Hmm because very few of them can pretend to know stuff about cars, hardware, football, and sleezy pron videos? And the ones that can are welcome anyways

How come no one is paranoid of women playing men?

Hmm because very few of them can pretend to know stuff about cars, hardware, football, and sleezy pron videos? And the ones that can are welcome anyways

I love football (American Syle), know enough about cars to not get swindled by a mechanic, and can reasonably navigate through the hardware department. And my porn knowledge is better left for private discussion.