[MUD-Dev] Myn ynd Wymyn (was Teaching ethics in MUDs)

Adam Casbarian adamcas at concentric.net
Fri Feb 23 07:24:55 CET 2001


Ananda Dawnsinger wrote:

> I don't see how it does.  I honestly don't.  A false sense of
> security, yes.  A reason for Alice to charge the MUD with unequal
> treatment, perhaps.  Unless there's an operating assumption that
> women are, like children, naive and careless and unaware of 'Net
> safety, and must be protected for their own good... and I think it's
> safe to assume there's not.

When those women are 14-16, yes they are naive and careless.  Looking
from past experience, a good chunk of the women who socialize on muds
and chat-rooms ARE pre-21.  Believing they're all mature young adults
who have been educated on what to do and not to do is foolish.

Adam
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