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Why Do You Girls Always Have A Cartoon Or Painting As Your Avatar?

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I just noticed, I've only seen maybe 3 girls that have a picture of them selves and not an picture from a cartoon or some kind of picture that someone drew/painted. I was wondering what it is with that? O.o

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I'm a FTM but I like Star Wars, thus I perfer to stare at my Star Wars avatar then at myself.

There are a lot of MTFs with their pictures in their avatar too. If you did compare fully I don't really think either side has more or less.

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I'm a FTM but I like Star Wars, thus I perfer to stare at my Star Wars avatar then at myself.

There are a lot of MTFs with their pictures in their avatar too. If you did compare fully I don't really think either side has more or less.

Kia Ora Zabrak,

:rolleyes: I would think it's more to do with letting others put a 'face' to a 'name',[well that was my intention] instead of staring at a blank wall or cartoon character of some sort...and not so much vanity-but I could be wrong and if so, each to their own ;) ...

Metta Jendar :)

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Kia Ora Zabrak,

:rolleyes: I would think it's more to do with letting others put a 'face' to a 'name',[well that was my intention] instead of staring at a blank wall or cartoon character of some sort...and not so much vanity-but I could be wrong and if so, each to their own ;) ...

Metta Jendar :)

Starkiller is super sexy(the guy in my avatar). I guess your way makes sense too.

I prefer my logic , though. :D

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well Mr. Awesome,

Girls have to be more careful about being identified - It is a fact that women (including Trans women) are attacked more often than men (including trans men).

Attackers as a rule are cowards and therefore do not look for a target that is more likely to ba able to defend themselves.

Women - even very large trans women are considered by the average idiot, I mean attacker, to be an easier target than even a smaller trans man.

That's life and we have to deal with it so in my case I drew an avatar and someone so very special to me modified it into the gorgeous angel that you see - I can never change that - it was a gift and a gift of love.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Love ya,

Sally

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I just noticed, I've only seen maybe 3 girls that have a picture of them selves and not an picture from a cartoon or some kind of picture that someone drew/painted. I was wondering what it is with that? O.o

I do it because I don't have a good picture of myself and the cartoon or picture that someone else drew shows more of the qualities I see in me than my face ever could in a real picture. Besides I feel safer with fewer people knowing what the real me looks like ... in this world that means a lot.

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I think illustrated avatars do a better job of putting "faces" to names, they can be considered distillations, iconic in ways. Two points that motivate my position:

1. I'm simply terrible at reading faces.

2. My look is mutable enough that my IDs often don't work, and family members occasionally fail to recognize me.

The security angle sounds like good enough justification for me!

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I just noticed, I've only seen maybe 3 girls that have a picture of them selves and not an picture from a cartoon or some kind of picture that someone drew/painted. I was wondering what it is with that? O.o

OMG, Mr. Awesome......

No secret here, Hon.....

My angel has been with me for years.......

Wanna see me?

Just click on my profile and I'll be smiling at ya!

BTW....you're kinda cute....

I like that in a guy....

LOL....

Donna Jean

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OMG, Mr. Awesome......

No secret here, Hon.....

My angel has been with me for years.......

Wanna see me?

Just click on my profile and I'll be smiling at ya!

BTW....you're kinda cute....

I like that in a guy....

LOL....

Donna Jean

Well obviously DJ doesn't avoid showing her picture because she is shy or being coy. ;)

Shameless, besides, you should see my picture on my profile page. :D

We never compete! :D

Get out of the way Donna Jean, I'm posting now! :angry:

Love ya,

Sally

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This was the first site I felt safe enough to ever post any pictures of myself on. Now I'm caring less and less about who see me, but for me it was a security issue in the beginning.

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Women - even very large trans women are considered by the average idiot, I mean attacker, to be an easier target than even a smaller trans man.

This may be true that they're considered easier targets - especially trans women. But women in general? Just check the stats on assault in Canada or the US, probably 2-3x higher against men than women, although women are the ones in fear about going outside after dark. Paradoxal really.

I have my real picture and don't mind it. Spot me in real life? Well, so what? I've never been assaulted since transitioning, which isn't something I can say for pre-transition (including a death threat). I'll believe my luck will continue thanks.

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before my transition, I felt anime characters were a better face to my name. I didn't want people to associate me with my real life face. I imagine some people who are pre E or pre T feel the same. Just a hunch though.

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Guest Little Sara

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I do use Watarase Jun as my avatar. But its clear on my profile, and in one of the forum here (the one about passing) that I'm not shy about posting pictures. I posted over 30 pictures of me.

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I just noticed, I've only seen maybe 3 girls that have a picture of them selves and not an picture from a cartoon or some kind of picture that someone drew/painted. I was wondering what it is with that? O.o

Hey Dude,

My avatar is me!! No cartoon!!

I think it is awesome dude that your avatar is also a picture of you!! Kickin'!!

xox

bernie

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Starkiller is super sexy(the guy in my avatar). I guess your way makes sense too.

I prefer my logic , though. :D

Hey Zabrak,

For the brief moment your avatar was a picture of you I was (and I think I can speak for all of us here) were elated to see you!! You have no idea of how good looking you are!! I for one, prefer your real picture!! I completely undertsand your sense of self when you display "ZABRAK", but did you know your picture does indeed display "ZABRAK".

I just wanted you to know...

LOL

bernie

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I would think it's more to do with letting others put a 'face' to a 'name',[well that was my intention]

That's why I wanted a pic of me as my avatar. To see the person behind these cyber messages.

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I'm a little careful of posting current pictures online.. and I'm really wary of people again after last week.

I can change my look pretty radically on a day to day basis but a couple of years ago I looked like the thing I have stuck on this post XD

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Woman tend to be more self-concious about their appearance.

If the woman has had to be a guy for a portion of thier life... one can see why they'd be withheld to post pictures up.

I'm on fb as female under my new name... sooo I don't worry so much about that anymore. :)

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it looks like most of us girls have come to a compromise - a drawn avatar but a real photo on our profile. Like me :) Sometimes an avatar represents people better than a body that doesn't suit them...

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Hmm I kinda have a hard time choosing avatars lol...I generally prefer not to put up personal pics of myself..on here the one I currently have, well Hinder is one of my favorite bands and the lead singer is one of the guys I'd ultimately (I say ultimately because it is kind of a stretch lol) like to model my image/looks after. :)

And to justify the girls having more cartoon avatars...if that's actually true...gotta say some of those cartoon girls are pretty cute so I can't blame you for using them as your avi's :D lol

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