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27691: [MUD-Dev] RE: The Price of Being Male
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From: "Castronova, Edward" <ecastronova@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:17:31 -0700
Organization: Kanga.Nu
From: Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes kamikaze@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu
> Most men don't want to appear female, simply because that's not
> what they are or care to be viewed as. And that really is normal
> and OK; not everyone is an androgynous bisexual transvestite.
truer words were never writ. not everyone is an androgynous bisexual
transvestite.
*******
the argument is, men just like being men, so a preference by men for
male avatars is not discrimination.
but instead of just assuming that men like being men, and calling
that normal, let's go ahead and ask the question: why do men like
being men?
you know, here's one thing i haven't heard from any man in this
discussion, here or elsewhere: "Your study is wrong. I like playing
female avatars. Being female is more fun and less hassle." Some have
said they like playing females to look at the avatar's nice-looking
body. Others have said females get gifts and are groups, so they
should be better off. But no man has said that they actually do play
a female avatar because, on the whole, they like how gameplay is
when you're female. But quite a few women have said that about
fronting as male.
Edward Castronova
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