Programmed to Perform

Even in a virtual world, a poser ball scripts a woman to drop to her knees.

A friend and I came across a house in Second Life. It looked like the proverbial suburban home, full of self-important treasures. Swirling staircases, exotic furniture, expensive artwork. It was also full of little pink and blue balls called poser balls. We clicked on various ones to see what the script required of the gullible.

Juliette (my avatar) was taken over and moved into performance position, complete with the quintessential holding of the head.

This isn't atypical from my experience, but it continues to intrigue me that within a space where we can create our own "perfect world," women are still created to behave as submissive sex objects. And it's the women who create them.