Comments on: Second Life Female Boxers Outnumber Men 2:1

By: Jessica Holyoke

Jessica Holyoke — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:05:59 +0000

and I bet a good proportion of males that don’t know women real well are “men” in SL.

By: marilyn murphy

marilyn murphy — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:53:44 +0000

exactly jessica, well said. i play wow, or used to, and reading this article i was getting a little jazzed to buy the training and go fight, and see how i do.

to read the comments like, oh well your a guy if u go do this, and that laughable idea that u can spot a guy by his large breasts and thin hips. wow.

i have had a lot of gender opposite avatars talk with me about why and how and wherefore. my educated guess is the guy/girls is around 50% and girl/girls is 50%, in the general population.

this comments thread is way off base. i bet the girl/girls that would want to fight are way above 50%. i think the presumption that women would not find this interesting is being made by people that dont know women very well.

By: Jessica Holyoke

Jessica Holyoke — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:29:34 +0000

I think the troubling thing about the reaction to the article is that it reminds me of when women who were into sports were automatically considered lesbians. Think back to “A League of their Own” and the efforts the players had to take to come off as feminine and not butch. Only with the nature of SL, women into sports are automatically considered men. So a gamer girl would be presumed a man, because a woman would not be interested in sports.

Just another great example of the genders in relation to SL.

By: Nacon

Nacon — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:01:47 +0000

I don’t go around writing “Vote for Me” in everything that Jimbo is doing, Tenshi. He doesn’t even know how to sign himself up on the campaign line… He doesn’t even meet any requirements!

Actually… I guess you’re right, Tenshi. I am an idiot who go telling people to vote for me. Soon I will drop you an IM about voting for me on some a made-up ballot. Then pass you some prim-papers about my promises you shall receive when I get elected. Putting out some lawn signs on linden’s road sides with my ticked-off face expression about noobs and greifers. Building up supporters morale for GOTV movements by giving them false hope and some lindens.
Create fear mongering, such as grid-attack particle spam with images of Prok… maybe some music video about how people don’t look like their RL self with a ugly dog in a photo if I wasn’t elected to stop them. Create a negative/smear campaigning team on Jimbo with few facts that he a took a trip to a stripper club few times. Rig up a event, pay bunch of furries to gather up around Jimbo. Awaiting for his reaction about furries, to pressure him.

Now I wonder… Has Jimbo thought about doing anything like that to win himself the election at all? No… cause he’s an idiot. (and you too as well, Tenshi)

Atremis said “Like being gay is something you can be “sneak attacked” into, like tag. “gotcha! you’re gay now!” “really? aw damn!” You’re gay if you like guys (or girls for the other side), end all of it.”

Called “Fag Tag”… It’s not only happening in SL but in your local high schools too.

How?

Two words…. jockies & pranks.

By: Artemis Fate

Artemis Fate — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:17:26 +0000

I never understood the obsession with knowing if a girl is a guy in real life, as if it’d change anything in SL. It’s especially hilarious when guys are so insecure that they feel that if they’re attracted to a virtual girl controlled by a real life guy, that they’re somehow gay. Like being gay is something you can be “sneak attacked” into, like tag. “gotcha! you’re gay now!” “really? aw damn!” You’re gay if you like guys (or girls for the other side), end all of it. It’s actually totally reasonable I’d say to be attracted to a girl played by a guy, after all, no one knows what a guy wants in a woman better than another guy.

By: Csven Concord

Csven Concord — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:16:09 +0000

I agree with SqueezeOne: voice with be an interesting addition to this activity. Would you bet on a female av controlled by a RL male over a male av controlled by a RL female? vice versa? etc. And will RL males want to box RL females even if they use a gender neutral av?

By: SqueezeOne Pow

SqueezeOne Pow — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:37:06 +0000

If they get voice at the ring will the contestants be required to grunt and make punching noises? That would be cool. It would also help clear up the gender thing for the less secure, sexually active in RL people out there!

For the record, I know some CONFIRMED females in SL that would love to box. SOMEONE HIRE THESE PEOPLE A PR SPECIALIST!

By: Tenshi Vielle

Tenshi Vielle — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:29:28 +0000

You mean you, Nacon?

By: Nacon

Nacon — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:31:07 +0000

All…
Mostly…
Partly…
Little…
Nearly…
99.999%….
0.999%….
wtf?…. How are you all gonna know for sure?

Whatever, you all get the point. Just don’t vote for an idiot.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:26:51 +0000

I’m glad I don’t live in a constant shroud of fear that “men” hiding around every corner like you idiots do. But I guess you’re all speaking from experience eh? Sorry that Herman the 44 year old bread truck driver turned out to be a woman. Get over it. God will forgive you.

Get a new line fuckwits. It’s stale, like your genitals.