"Women are treated better than men online," says NerdBoobLoot-man

by Hoyden and Shaker Lauredhel of Hoyden About Town From a CyberPsychology & Behavior issue earlier this year: "Gender Swapping and Socializing in Cyberspace: An Exploratory Study"1 [fulltext PDF available free]. The goal of this small online survey was to examine issues around gender swapping in MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games). MMORPGs include such games as Everquest, World of Warcraft, and Lord Of The Rings Online. The researchers primarily recruited from forums