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From: Travis Casey <efindel@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:08:01 -0400
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Monday 30 June 2003 14:33, Daniel Anderson wrote:
> From: Edward Castronova
>> I suppose everyone thinks its normal and OK that being a man in a
>> woman-suit is something that the average man is uncomfortable
>> with. I kind of think that's a problem.
> Why is that a problem? Virtual worlds emulate real worlds in
> regards to social actions. So, according to that, one could
> conclude "cross-dressing" (I use cross-dressing loosely here,
> because it isn't exactly cross-dressing, but rather entirely
> pretending to be a different sex in a virtual world.) would also
> be shunned in a virtual world.
On the other hand, pretending that one is a klingon, elf, knight,
wizard, vulcan, etc. will make most people uncomfortable around you
in the real world -- but these things are generally perfectly
acceptable in many virtual worlds.
So the question is: why is it more OK playing, say, Everquest, for
me to pretend I'm a *male* elven wizard instead of a female one?
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