Wednesday, December 7, 2011
What reading I found interesting
One of the readings from this class that I found interesting was the reading on "Second Life". I thought it was interesting that in the article they pointed out that all online avatars were basically created to look one way. Women had big boobs and were skinny and mean had six packs and they were buff. While in reality most people do not look that way. I also found it wired that some women who participated in second life websites said that they sometimes felt uncomfortable, which was due to the harassment of women by men. I really don't understand why anyone would harass an avatar that just stupid to me. However, I don't think that second life websites should have pictures of naked women or display them as prostitutes because its just sending out the wrong message in general. Those negative images could lead men to saying negative things about women.
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I found this reading really interesting too. When I was printing out the article and I saw the pictures, I thought I had the wrong article! haha Anyways, I would be super uncomfortable too like the researchers were if I had to participate in such a world. I was really shocked by how blatant everyone in Second Life were about the sexual objectification of women since most female avatars had big boobs and small waist which isn’t realistically possible. I mean males were also sexually objectified since the male avatars had buff bodies but I don’t think it was to the same degree as female avatars. I just hope young boys and young girls aren't playing these games because I don't want them thinking that they have be like those avatars in real life to be attractive. Often times, people have a hard time differentiating games from reality so yeah ...
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