[NetBehaviour] Sexualized avatars affect the real world, Stanford researchers find

mez breeze netwurker at gmail.com
Fri Oct 11 01:46:57 CEST 2013


"A Stanford study shows that after women wear sexualized avatars in a
virtual reality world, they feel objectified and are more likely to accept
rape myths in the real world. The research could have implications for the
role of female characters in video games...."
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/october/virtual-female-avatars-100913.html

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