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Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
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Posted - 2013.07.28 19:40:00 -
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oh, one of these gender attributes and preferences thereof discussions again. a forum reader can generally look forward to one or two of these a month. always fascinating reading.
i'm a female player. and i am not in the least surprised that there are so many grossly oversexualized avatars flying around. for all the same reasons that most pc games have nude and skimpy mods being created within days of the games release. i think it's primarily demographics of the player base and natural inclinations involved. no real revelations here. anyone that finds any compelling eye openers might also find it absolutely shocking that fire is indeed hot. water; wet.
as someone so adequately put it up above...this is fantasy |
Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4042
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Posted - 2013.07.28 20:05:00 -
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the OP has stated several times that he is male, mark. just fyi  |
Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4043
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Posted - 2013.07.28 23:05:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:I'm a RL gay man, and I'm po'd that I can't exaggerate 'the thing' on my avatar that I want to exaggerate. CCP is biased towards girls.  Actually: 
i'd totally support "thing" exaggeration.
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Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4043
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Posted - 2013.07.29 16:52:00 -
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Aya Shinomiya wrote:But this would lead us back to the topic. Would female players playing a male character create it in their imagination of beauty... and from where comes this imagination ... and is it likewise stereotype like that from the men ... ? There was one reply about that.
oh, so that's what this thread is supposed to be about? well, then. let me answer that.
yes. if i designed a male character i would make it as appealing to my tastes as possible. absolutely. do i think media plays a role in what's considered attractive? certainly. i find some celebrities, like colin farrell or dustin clare to be remarkably attractive men. do i consider this "stereotype" to be the standard to which all men should be held to? ha! if only! i know that's not the case nor do i expect it to be.
additionally, i'll add that i think the pressure on men to conform to these "standards" or "stereotypes" of appearance are significantly less dramatic than what women have to deal with. in much of the "first" world, we are bombarded from a very early age by these pressures. i'm not trying to downplay the pressures men are exposed to...i just believe that we women feel the brunt of success or failure in upholding those "stereotypes" more keenly. |
Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4043
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Posted - 2013.07.29 19:59:00 -
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Kaarous Aldurald wrote:Quote:additionally, i'll add that i think the pressure on men to conform to these "standards" or "stereotypes" of appearance are significantly less dramatic than what women have to deal with. in much of the "first" world, we are bombarded from a very early age by these pressures. i'm not trying to downplay the pressures men are exposed to...i just believe that we women feel the brunt of success or failure in upholding those "stereotypes" more keenly. I'd propose that, given the tendency of only one gender to really engage in the kind of group mindset and social pressure that such things require, that this problem is neither created nor enforced by men at all.
weeeelll. i don't know about that. strictly speaking.
i'd say that the problem is enforced and even encouraged by money, marketing and profit. now, overwhelmingly, which gender is traditionally involved/has stakes in and concerned the most with those three things? i'm not saying the perceptions, desires and preferences of men are the complete driving force behind this...but...it is my opinion that they are certainly...contributing factors. |
Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4043
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Posted - 2013.07.30 04:16:00 -
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FOl2TY8 wrote:I'm just sick of being victimized by women so this thread hits close to home. You know that women like red because they picked berries in caveman days? Also it's called caveman days because women didn't do any of the hunting ever so now they are controlling us men because they're bitter like an ancient cluster of berries.
just posting to inform you that your avatar portrait is perfect for this post.
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Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4060
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Posted - 2013.08.01 21:19:00 -
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Nariya Kentaya wrote:ad at this point i dont even remember where my arguement was going or what i was arguing, im tired and getting a coffee, will edit post later.
breasts, apparently.
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Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4192
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Posted - 2013.08.27 01:42:00 -
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Remiel Pollard wrote:Aya Shinomiya wrote:The Roman Empire was so succesful because they respected the cultures of others. I am laughing so hard right now at almost everything you just claimed in your post, but this claim made me laugh the hardest. Seriously, you really think the Romans had respect for the cultures of people they conquered? Seriously?
respect isn't the right word. the right word is "tolerance." alexander's macedonians did the same thing. day to day life went more smoothly when a conquered people were able to keep their traditions and their religions and gods. the romans learned this lesson from the study of alexander's legacy of hellenism. so they applied the practice in their own conquests. rarely did they have to intervene due to cultural causes. notable exceptions of this would be judea and syria for example.
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Eurydia Vespasian
Nova Insula Mining and Industrial
4192
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Posted - 2013.08.27 09:34:00 -
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Aya Shinomiya wrote:Eurydia Vespasian wrote:Remiel Pollard wrote:Aya Shinomiya wrote:The Roman Empire was so succesful because they respected the cultures of others. I am laughing so hard right now at almost everything you just claimed in your post, but this claim made me laugh the hardest. Seriously, you really think the Romans had respect for the cultures of people they conquered? Seriously? respect isn't the right word. the right word is "tolerance." alexander's macedonians did the same thing. day to day life went more smoothly when a conquered people were able to keep their traditions and their religions and gods. the romans learned this lesson from the study of alexander's legacy of hellenism. so they applied the practice in their own conquests. rarely did they have to intervene due to cultural causes. notable exceptions of this would be judea and syria for example. Right. Tolerance fits better. For me respect and tolerance going hand in hand. And you are right with Judea. With Syria I do not know.
oh, there were some rowdy greeks there trying to hold onto the last vestiges of the seleucid dynasty. lots of infighting and such. the great empire it once was had fractured into dozens of claimants thinking they were the true culture and blood of their people. but the seleucid kingdoms had always been a melting pot of east and west. the size and scope of it and all the territories within their holdings (which at their height of power stretched from parts of modern day turkey to deep within the indian subconinent) made that a certainty.
but their greatness had seen it's last many decades before all these events finally forced rome to end the squabbling (political and cultural) for good. they dispatched pompey magnus, still abroad in cilicia after a victorious campaign there, to deal with them once and for all. that was pretty much the effective end of the heirs of seleucus and the power they had in the region. rome annexed and provinced syria officially soon after.
history lesson in the boobs thread. who would have thought?
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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
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Posted - 2013.11.04 02:54:00 -
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who resurrected this?
you mean we don't have to look at a brand new thread including all these "facts?"
semi-refresing... |
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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
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Posted - 2013.11.21 15:36:00 -
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I always smile a little when I get likes on posts I made months in the past. usually i take it as a sign people are still at least trying to use the forums correctly and not just repost the same topics that have been done dozens of times lol  |
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
5045
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Posted - 2014.02.06 20:58:00 -
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Malthus Dethahal wrote: Woman try and argue the "your shallow or "your a misogynist" I consider just to be jealous and or egocentric - which is a just a secondary turn-off. I'm a goddamn ape. My instincts say to me that woman that have more physical symmetry according to the golden ratio are more attractive than others.
i'm sure you are super successful with that approach too. I know i'm excited and tingling all over just thinking about your wooing powers. lol |
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
5045
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Posted - 2014.02.06 21:14:00 -
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unidenify wrote:Eurydia Vespasian wrote:Malthus Dethahal wrote: Woman try and argue the "your shallow or "your a misogynist" I consider just to be jealous and or egocentric - which is a just a secondary turn-off. I'm a goddamn ape. My instincts say to me that woman that have more physical symmetry according to the golden ratio are more attractive than others. i'm sure you are super successful with that approach too. I know i'm excited and tingling all over just thinking about your wooing powers. lol http://p.twimg.com/AyMCrrNCAAAYr1x.jpg:large
I lol'd |
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
5056
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Posted - 2014.02.08 02:03:00 -
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silens vesica wrote:We had no whiners in our shop. No tension between the males and females over work issues. We got stuff done. THAT is how a real feminist works.
i don't have any tension or issues with the handful of guys that work where i do. we get along great. cooperate fantastically. it's the other females that i can't stand lol
ok ok, some of the others. there's some i get along with and would even consider friends. then there's those i totally wish i could murder. then there is a third category of those i would love to murder in the workplace...but i get along with fine when not at work lol |
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