To quote Dr. Gregory House: "everyone lies." ;) On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:18 PM, David Henn <[email protected]> wrote:
> This point may have been made already, since I've not read the entire > thread, so please forgive any redundancy. It may be useful to remember that > gender/age/identity certainty has been an issue since before remote > correspondence of any kind was invented, let alone once couriers and mail > were "invented." There are plenty of RL individuals who cross-dress or > otherwise disguise their true gender/age/identity with significant success > in face-to-face interactions. In this respect, nothing new is introduced as > far as gender/age/identity certainty in e-mail, chat rooms, or virtual > worlds except for the degree of separation between the physical presences in > RL and/or the speed of communication, possibly believability in the case of > someone creating a photorealistic representation of his/her assumed > identity/av. > > That said, I "know" plenty of people who play cross-gender 'toons on WoW > with varying reasons and degrees of role play from telling you he/she is not > really that gender the first time you meet them to concealing it until it's > discovered during a raid when the player comes onto voice chat and the > player makes no effort to disguise his/her voice. Most of the time, no harm > done. > > Just sayin', > David > > > On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 13:58 -0400, Sal Armoniac wrote: > > If the girl is doing this to damage other girls, perhaps take vengence on a > friend who likes older men, or if she IMPERSONATES a real 37 year old male, > then she is acting unethically. Chat rooms, however, are different from > virtual worlds in subtle ways and VERY different from real worlds. In chat > rooms you often don't know the gender of your comrades at all unless they > reveal it to you. This has been true even of email. Gender and age matter > in relationships in the real world. In the virtual world, it isn't an issue > unless it's extended beyond the playground. > > > > Sarah > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
