tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535237502203989352.post5659417714300827990..comments2024-03-20T00:16:36.264-07:00Comments on 2nd Sex: Cisgendered Transgendered and VRLillie Yifuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10647849826458298630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535237502203989352.post-62721232389049936412010-03-12T05:24:29.166-08:002010-03-12T05:24:29.166-08:00The paradigm you are attributing to Dr. Bushong (I...The paradigm you are attributing to Dr. Bushong (I assume Carl, in Tampa), was in fact developed in the Harvard laboratories of Dr. John Money in the 1950s.Cheyenne Palisadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857731023321638792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535237502203989352.post-56789195167044337452009-12-28T22:27:30.899-08:002009-12-28T22:27:30.899-08:00fwiw, I'm heterogendered in SL about half the ...fwiw, I'm heterogendered in SL about half the time, and I don't view my AV as an agent (any more than I view my body as an agent); Boy Dale is me, and Girl Dale is me. Of course I'm just one datapoint. :)<br /><br />I also haven't experienced (or at least haven't noticed) any hatred or discrimination or anything because of it; people seem pretty easy with the idea.<br /><br />(The word "toon" for avatars seems to be a World of Warcraft thing, or at least it's used extensively in WoW. Again fwiw...)Dale Innishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02771522211082181738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535237502203989352.post-23003543949986188652009-10-01T13:07:09.444-07:002009-10-01T13:07:09.444-07:00I am not sure, partially because my sample of peop...I am not sure, partially because my sample of people who I know have a different rl gender from sl is limited to the people who have confided in me. I think the process of entering an avatar, of the same or different gender, is difficult. There have been several men who have hit on me who called their avatar "a toon" and were quite clearly disconnected.<br /><br />It's a question worth exploring, because there hasn't really been anyone asking it.Lillie Yifuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10647849826458298630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535237502203989352.post-30016017706584910892009-09-30T13:46:58.759-07:002009-09-30T13:46:58.759-07:00One thing I've noticed is that the the people ...One thing I've noticed is that the the people who have opposite gender or random gender avatars tend to view their avatars as agents, controlled by but completely distinct from them as opposed to the "Your avatar, is you" feeling. Almost like Charlie and his Angels (Charlies Avatars?) :)Kirtaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490143523671016492noreply@blogger.com