being the gay man I am, up to date with all the virtual possibilities this cyber world has to offer to my past single life - browsing through gay chat profiles always half shocked half amused me.
self-perception is a strange thing, and it seems to get worse (hello talentshows 'à la' x-factor and popidol)
in the gay world, at least in virtual one, every even so wabbely belly can and is classified as sporty - defined - more hot than not. i used to look at those pictures and wanted to tell those people: get a mirror, if you have one - clean it! - or kick the financial crises in the head and your old mirror out just to buy a new one. in the homosexual world arrogance is considered sexy - and such comments can be made.
i am not so sure how all this would go down in a straight setting of the same matter. having cleaned out my virtual gay habbits, and profiles for that matter, i was delighted to discover a whole new expericence - also known as facebook.
shockingly, on here it's not only self-perception that goes amiss, but even worse: perception of our friends. its all the 'i love your pics' 'this one is so nice' 'you look so good on this one' - is it pure courtesy or do we really see our friends diffrent than they are? can we not just be honest and tell them the truth - 'sorry you are never really that good looking but this picture should not be published on the world wide net so do as all and especially yourself a favor and take it off' - in the gay virtuallity this makes you an icon - in the straight one you'd run out of friends in a minute..
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