[PDF] Beautiful to Me: Identity, Disability, and Gender in Virtual Environments | Semantic Scholar Skip to search formSkip to main content> Semantic Scholar's Logo Search Sign InCreate Free Account You are currently offline. Some features of the site may not work correctly. DOI:10.4018/jep.2011040101 Corpus ID: 14856208Beautiful to Me: Identity, Disability, and Gender in Virtual Environments @article{Forman2011BeautifulTM, title={Beautiful to Me: Identity, Disability, and Gender in Virtual Environments}, author={Abbe E. Forman and Paul M.A. Baker and Jessica Pater and K. Smith}, journal={Int. J. E Politics}, year={2011}, volume={2}, pages={1-17} } Abbe E. Forman, Paul M.A. Baker, +1 author K. Smith Published 2011 Psychology, Computer Science Int. J. E Politics This paper examines the portrayal of disability, gender, and identity in virtual communities where representation is a matter of convenience, style, or whim. A survey was conducted of groups, identifying themselves as disabled, with a focus on gender, in the virtual space, Second Life. Four distinctive categories were analyzed in this study: groups associated with disabilities or being disabled, race/ethnicity, gender, aging, and sexuality. 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