science at a middle school a small town in Mississippi, where she lives happily with her husband and two children. She’s never gotten into trouble, and has never broken the law.From all appearances, she’s living a normal, admirable life. Nicole has a secret, however. Unbeknownst to her family, she works at a sex clubcalled Club Erotica on a nearly nightly basis. Unlike the modest, professional attire shewears in the classroom, here she dons a skimpy, revealing outfit that often has a hard timestaying on. She dances on a poll on the crowded dance floor, flirting with patrons for tips,and stripping off articles one by one. You’d never guess for a moment what her day jobmight be; she couldn’t be a more different person from the one her students see in theafternoon.Most teachers in a conservative Southern community would tremble at thethought of being caught in the act of such a socially proscribed profession, risking their job, their marriage, and their reputation. Nicole doesn’t worry about a thing, however.Moreover, while most practitioners like Nicole would have to construct elaborate excusesto their spouses to explain their nightly absences, she doesn’t have to say a word. Nicoleand her many patrons don’t have to do much at all, in fact, to live their secret lives, because unlike a real sex club, Club Erotica is no farther away than their computers.Every night, approximately 23,000 people from across the globe meet and interactin a virtual world called Second Life. Second Life is home to countless places of illrepute, Club Erotica included. While nothing forces players to participate in the sexscene, and indeed, many have nothing to do with it, it’s the
raison d’être
for thousands of in-world residents, and an extremely compelling perk for thousands more. Romantics andlovers play a part in this world, certainly, but so do escorts, strippers, and avid fetishistsof myriad dispositions. Content here is often explicit enough that it would shock one’sfriends and family, and ironically, it’s right under these people’s noses that most playersare doing it.
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Interesting indeed. I wish people paid as much attention to the creative possibilities and the artists and programmers doing amazing things in Second Life.
Interesting read.