tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108779732193340014.post4365815918549885439..comments2024-01-14T16:08:01.103-08:00Comments on Prim Dolls: Nothing To DoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619018164909616871noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108779732193340014.post-66766738293694281672011-07-10T11:50:41.954-07:002011-07-10T11:50:41.954-07:00Oh for the gods' bloody sake (just pulled this...Oh for the gods' bloody sake (just pulled this out of my spam filter).<br /><br />I'll just repeat the entire conversation and people can decide for themselves, though I must say I'm impressed by how quickly you went from "I'm a good, liberal man" to "sexism is worse for me because OMG it is".Deoridhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235419292633778692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108779732193340014.post-83773466584432106192011-06-06T18:00:18.148-07:002011-06-06T18:00:18.148-07:00In my defense (and I'm not posting this to /gr...In my defense (and I'm not posting this to /grief/, but to /clarify/) it was not sexism. My comments were based off a number of persons whom I had observed for some time, and a cultural phenomenon I see in /both/ genders, but which in this case happened to be exemplified by female avatars (god knows what their gender was out of game). What I was critical of was people developing a /hubris/ as a result of shallow flatteries given to them about their physical appearance. And yes, people siting around bragging about their "physics", the degree of skin revealed, and their incessant love-affairs, and how supposedly "easy" it is to seduce the male gender, I think warrants some criticism. If you disagree with me, that is one thing. But to call me /sexist/ or a /bigot/, and have that become the focus of your disapproval, is grossly fallacious.<br /><br />In fact, as a male on Second Life (or in the Western world in general), I find myself constantly subjected to sexist comments and expectations, ie., stereotypes of me being, by sheer virtue of my virility, someone who is easily seduced, lustful, stupid, and who is expected to flatter women. Or, if none of these are seen in me, stereotypes begin to surface that qualifies me as a homosexual. These stereotypes are born from certain cultural phenomenon that I had seen exemplified in the Sim I happened to have been visiting at that moment. I thought you may have been a good interlocutor to discuss this, as you usually are with many other subjects, but apparently I was wrong, or was I?<br /><br />Mind you, this is not to say that physical appearance is unimportant, or that I don't appreciate it aesthetically, or as a means of expression/creativity -- but to develop hubris from sheer flattery (as I mentioned above), is what I was pointing to in our discussion.<br /><br />And yes, it was /incredibly/ rash of you to rush into a decision to call me "sexist bigot", and interpret everything in that conversation within that context, (then flip the bird? I mean really, Deo.) Also, for reference to our conversation -- there is significant difference between caricature and character. I'm really surprised, having known you for nearly three years, that you would resort to such strawmanning.<br /><br />However, in the heat of passion, I understand interpretive mistakes are possible. Contact me in-world when you are feeling level-headed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com