There is a lot of these stereotypes in SL. There were times that I felt the selection of normal shoes for women quite lacking. Like-wise, not everyone likes to show as a Barbie woman, with large breasts, deep cleavages, protruding bum, wearing high heels always. He played with the sliders until he gave up, then he felt better in that other way. He didn't like the head too (of the standard SL avatar). He was unsatisfied with the SL male avatars, too much stereotypically stud, beefcake etc. I know a guy that has a male human avatar, but based on a female shape and a (not too muscular) male skin, for similar reasons. with a tail and a non-human head", but the general body shape can be). The key sentences seem to be: "The current selection of human male avies", "I don't really want to be a sex idol / male fashion model / beefcake / stud", " just want to look normal." (Perhaps someone is thinking: "normal. Many people make pretty questionable assumptions about users who have furry avatars, but are much less likely to wonder why someone chose to look like a (human) fashion model. It's obvious I am not like my avie, so I don't feel like I'm trying to pass as something I'm not. Furry avie fits me better because they don't really exist. The current selection of human male avies, I just can't with any of them, and I'd identify with a female avie even less. Not like the real me, just normal enough to identify with. I don't really want to be a sex idol / male fashion model / beefcake / stud. I'm still waiting on a good, moddable, male mesh human avie that I can identify with. (In fact, and this is an aside, I have a phobia of roleplay, I stay far away from it in SL. But I've never once roleplayed, and I don't consider myself 'roleplaying' when I use a furry avatar either, either.
I've been in SL for over 10 years, and I've used a furry avatar for 100% of it. Longtime SLer Adeon Writer took time away from creating Portal-esque hacks and other virtual world coolness to talk about his own foxtail-rocking avatar: Some people may roleplay as furries in Second Life because they feel a spiritual connection to the real animal, or as a response to their real life appearance, but others have their own reasons for choosing a furry avatar.
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