"The Power of Real-World Gender Roles in Second Life
Pixels and Policy recently tackled the issue of how racial bias crept across the real-virtual divide and found a home in the virtual world.
Dozens of our readers responded with their own stories of virtual prejudice as well as their critiques of our research.
As we researched the role of race is Second Life, more and more female residents asked us to take a look at how female avatars reflect real-world gender expectations. The topic is too important to pass up.
Over the course of three weeks, Pixels and Policy conducted interviews with over 40 residents of Second Life to see just what gender in the Metaverse meant to them."
When I rezzed in Second Life, the first thing I wanted to do was shop. But like many newbies, I had no idea where to buy clothes, had pretty low standards for outfits and no lindens, so I haunted freebie warehouses and collected everything I could get my virtual hands on. I've finally deleted most newb finds, but my quest for free or inexpensive, yet stylish, fashion remains. Among the many fashion choices in SL, like many librarians, I like classic, professional looking styles that I would feel comfortable wearing anywhere - Second Life or real life.