(This is a continuation of the last blog, i screwed something up). Humans feel the need for connection on multiple levels, some of them being even the most animalistic, sexual levels. sexuality in virtual worlds is not dependent on ones own sexual orientation or preferances. Gay people can have relations with the opposite sex and men can live out fantasies through a female avatar. I have come to the conclusion that this ability to act as if you are a completely different person allows people an escape not only from the regular strains of adult life, but also an escape from the restrictions and exdpectations that ones own sexuality puts on their life. In a virtual world we can be gay, straight, and even bisexual all without having our relationships in real life being directly affected (unless obsession with the virtual world kicks in). Is this ok? Is it acceptable to allow yourself to be emerged in a different world, sometimes to the point where the actual world you operate in becomes secondary? in my opinion i say yes. This is no diferent than emerging your mind in a television series to escape, after all, most TV offers just as many different options that are far from normal, that not only teach one of the expectations society has oin them, but at the same time offers them no choice or freedome other than which channel they choose. In a virtual world atleast we have the ability to explore new lifestyles without causing direct harm to our own. so long as people can differenciate between fantasy and reality, exploration should be viewed as a healthy form of discourse form our own lives.