Gender

Here is a great podcast by Natalie Winn that digs deep into this subject. What I have to say is much less interesting. Take time to watch the video.

OK but a warning. Much of what I say will make no sense if you skipped the video.

Second Life opens up a lot of choices about gender. The thing that some people take 10 years to get is that the choices are about presentation. If you think that a man is somehow "dishonest" by presenting as a woman and demand voice verification, ask yourself why you are not willing to provide a full nude rl picture of yourself in your profile. Not just your cock. You are being "dishonest" by presenting yourself as someone anyone would be interested in fucking.

It's useful to see this particular form of prejudice in action in second life. Some (cis-) man is attracted to a female avatar and wants to know if "she" (meaning the person at the keyboard) is a "real" (cis-) woman. 

So the question Natalie Winn (the Youtube presenter) would ask is: what is he afraid of?  Here, taking Natalie's advice, I will not speculate on the feelings of others. I plan to interview a few of these guys.

There is no way to count the number of cis-men who present as female in Second Life. It's a lot.

Some guys all these ladies "cheats" and "fake". I call them converts.

The fear-filled guys are protecting the version of manhood that was written on their birth certificate and confirmed my decades of training. Buddhism says, in the end, you must let go of *all* attachments. These guys fear losing their cock. Makes sense i guess. I say, pull up anchor and set sail.


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  1. Betty VerdantJuly 1, 2021 at 9:42 PM

    Luci comments ...

    [20:16:38] Lucifera Heartsong: There's an entire SL community/group of RL women openly presenting as men/roleplaying as men, just because they want to.
    [20:16:46] BetttyVerdant: it's a fantasy world for fuck sake
    [20:17:32] Lucifera Heartsong: You and I know that. But there's a LOT of people who don't accept the separation - and think anyone who claims there is a separation is delusional.
    [20:18:21] BetttyVerdant: well too bad for them - no mercy
    [20:18:35] Lucifera Heartsong: I mean, I know this may be hard to believe, but in RL I'm not really a 7ft tall chubby grizzly bear woman...>.>
    [20:20:12] BetttyVerdant: right
    [20:20:15] Lucifera Heartsong: And yet there's guys who insist on voice or picture, and like, "Dude, aside from the fact I don't date men, you already know I don't look like my avatar. Grow up."
    [20:20:21] BetttyVerdant: and I am not a super model
    [20:20:32] BetttyVerdant: and I don't cum on demand ...

    (Or do I)

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