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Why do males use a female type of avatar?

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The one thing that I don’t understand about the use of avatars is why a male, who claims to be straight, will use a female type of avatar to represent them. Why would they feel they needed to use a female related picture to tell us a little about themselves? Some even have female sounding names. Are they secretly trying to hide something?
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This is my thoughts for what they are worth. I personally think that men use female pics or female sounding names to attract people to look at their profiles, just to get the view number up. They may say their straight when secretly a little curious. Some person had a go at me for my avatar not matching my name!! I think he thought I was a female and when he saw that I wasn't he was most pissed. Well V*****L you can go and **** yourself!! But, I also believe some women profiles are men too!! Ha ha
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I haven't seen many in this situation and I just thought that they chose that picture because they like it... but it also confusses me a little.
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The one thing that I don’t understand about the use of avatars is why a male, who claims to be straight, will use a female type of avatar to represent them. Why would they feel they needed to use a female related picture to tell us a little about themselves? Some even have female sounding names. Are they secretly trying to hide something?

Not a problem for me. I use a gay porn star that I like, so if a straight guy did the same it would be a female. It only takes a second to check a profile. A bigger problem would be if they state female when in fact they are male.
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The one thing that I don’t understand about the use of avatars is why a male, who claims to be straight, will use a female type of avatar to represent them. Why would they feel they needed to use a female related picture to tell us a little about themselves? Some even have female sounding names. Are they secretly trying to hide something?
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Now THAT is really troublesome, Mostly I try to read the profile of person with whom I am talking to ...to know something about them. But av pic does make a first impression to decide the basic info (like male or female in general). So because of this "switching the av pics" game I've been fooled a couple of times ( ugh embarassing).
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A MILD irritation, considerably MORE irritating are those with multiple profiles including some "females" who AREN'T female rather they are males HOPING to get personal pics from lesbians that they wouldn't get a glance at honestly.
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Well..just to clear my case..since i am a closet crossdresser.....i put up female avatars .
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I'm not going to speak for anyone else, just for myself. I picked a female avatar because I felt it best represented what I'm looking for here - and in life I think. At the risk of being sexist I think women feel more readily, more fully than men do. Generally speaking they are less likely to hide or quash their feelings. And, while I am bi, I think the female body is simply much more beautiful than the male body. I think I just wanted to express - to everyone who looks at my profile - that I want to feel - want to feel him or her - and I want to feel and express my own feelings. And somehow using a beautiful woman's picture just felt right. Sort of a cry for help I suppose.
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Because I am a mtf and I live 24/7 as female and my avatar is me!
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Ummm, because they want too??
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Well, I do it because it's a picture that I liked a lot - and because I'm not going to post a photo of me in any event! My profile is honest about me being male - and my name, I would think, would tell people I'm male. Most women, in my experience, would not choose to use the word "dog" as part of their user name...
I make no pretense of being a woman, I simply like the picture and would rather see it than some strange guy on my page. All these guys that use pictures of perfect male pecs and abs - do you think that's always their own picture?? What difference does it make, since Lush is a fantasy playground anyway?
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Not sure why straight men might use a female avatar, unless it is intended just to be an image of something they like.

I suppose my avatar is kind of female - but then I am a bit of a gurl.
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Look on any news-stand.

The magazines aimed at men have pictures of beautiful women on the front, so do the ones aimed at women.
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Here on LS I use a female avatar because the lead character in the stories I post is female. It seemed logical, that's all.
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I went through a period of exploration and, um, confusion I guess. It was a tough time for me then. I think it was a throwback to some experimental sex I had in my college years. Then I figured out I really like women. I had this lovely face as my avatar, which I think is just adorable. I didn't notice that it confused anyone here, though. It was fun for a while, 'giggles'.


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Well, I do it because it's a picture that I liked a lot - and because I'm not going to post a photo of me in any event! My profile is honest about me being male - and my name, I would think, would tell people I'm male. Most women, in my experience, would not choose to use the word "dog" as part of their user name...
I make no pretense of being a woman, I simply like the picture and would rather see it than some strange guy on my page. All these guys that use pictures of perfect male pecs and abs - do you think that's always their own picture?? What difference does it make, since Lush is a fantasy playground anyway?

That is so beautifully put...
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That is so beautifully put...


Thanks Shaaz, although I've actually changed my av a couple times since I posted that. This is what I used to have up back then for my avatar:


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I'm not going to speak for anyone else, just for myself. I picked a female avatar because I felt it best represented what I'm looking for here - and in life I think. At the risk of being sexist I think women feel more readily, more fully than men do. Generally speaking they are less likely to hide or quash their feelings. And, while I am bi, I think the female body is simply much more beautiful than the male body. I think I just wanted to express - to everyone who looks at my profile - that I want to feel - want to feel him or her - and I want to feel and express my own feelings. And somehow using a beautiful woman's picture just felt right. Sort of a cry for help I suppose.


This is (also) beautifully put. It's not a cry for help, but a cry of self expression. I think women feel more readily and more fully than men too, and it is a quality I envy and adore.
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I post my real lips because I really like my pic

I just assumed it was the same..they really like the pic

Kinda crappy of men who pose as women to get pics from lesbians...blown away by that..wow

Pick a pic u love...and I love my lips because they are mine!
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cause some males like me want everyone to know that they are a girly man
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I choose mine because I'm a bit of an arse! Actually, I like looking at the pic, and I can see my stories easily by looking for the avatar that's black and white.

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I get off on men enjoying my wife, so why not show her! Trust me, a pic of me is boring!