Avatars on Second Life have the opportunity to engage in sexual encounters.  Often however, these encounters feature the woman as the submissive player in these acts.  Actions can be purchasd for couples to engage in, but even so, the actions designated for the female character are the submissive acts, encouraging dominant, often aggressive male actions. The expected sexual actions between male and female border on rape of the female avatar by the aggressive, masculine male avatar partner  However, these women agree to engage in these acts.  Is it their willingness to tolerate these acts that perpetuates the expectation for women to be submissive? 

Sexual intercourse between two avatars can be purchased in the form of “pose balls.”  Often, pink balls are for the woman’s position, and blue balls are designated for the male… of course.  Each avatar has to agree to the pose, however. But, “if a female avatar submits to the automated animations in which she is passive, she often is committed to the sexual
act until the male is finished.” [6] This could be a deficiency in technology, but nevertheless, this is not in accordance with real life safe sex and the idea of consent.  Further, “…male sexual dominance and female sexual passivity are propagated as the ‘natural’ state of sexual difference” [6].  Again, the idea of heteronormativity is aroused and influential.  It seems that the only “normal” way to engage in sexual contact is between a man and woman.  And further, only in the instances that the woman is the submissive partner.