I'd love to know what this earth-shattering result cost the average Canadian taxpayer.

We assume all female avatars are in use by female players... I doubt this is 100% the case.

But my only guess is women that don't feel sexy in real life do it to feel sexy in their virtual life??? I find this SL a strange hobby some people considered it a real second life to their main first one... to me its just a interactive chat site.

I've never considered SL an accurate way to study people's behaviour.

I'd love to know what this earth-shattering result cost the average Canadian taxpayer.


Ever heard of privately funded research?
its crazy i know but... it actually happens all the time.

We assume all female avatars are in use by female players... I doubt this is 100% the case
Even if we admit, many female avatars are in use by males, this finding reveals, it's just women, who exert the pressure for public nudity, not "sexist" and "dirty" men. This research has lead into similar conclusion: even the little girls prefer the nudity in social competition spontaneously.

The deal is that in person women draw attention to themselves and become accustomed to this advantage. On Internet prospect of sex is absent so women are compelled to restore the attentive advantage they naturally have real situations by whatever means available.

How ironic that there's an advertisement for IMVU (another virtual reality thing) on the side of the article. There are plenty of half dressed female avatars on there too.

How ironic that there's an advertisement for IMVU (another virtual reality thing) on the side of the article. There are plenty of half dressed female avatars on there too.


Thats not ironic thats how adverts work.. based on keywords in articles. But i imagine its the same on IMVU as SL.

I'm surprised the study doesn't mention any statistics on real world skin cover, I'm sure the trend is similar.

Clothing for women is not the same thing as it is for men. They usually must cover up more of their bodies (men don't worry about going topless), and in many societies must cover up completely. Avatars allow them to choose their own limits on coverage, and if "proper" clothing is felt to be imposed on them in real life, they can ignore those taboos in SL.

Clothing for women is not the same thing as it is for men. They usually must cover up more of their bodies (men don't worry about going topless), and in many societies must cover up completely. Avatars allow them to choose their own limits on coverage, and if "proper" clothing is felt to be imposed on them in real life, they can ignore those taboos in SL.


If you go to nightclubs in UK even middle of winter women are out in barely anything, how they don't end up with hypothermia needs another study in itself :P