Our Identitiy And Subjectivity In Cyberspace.

In his article on 'Gender, Subjectivity and Identity in Cyberspace', Peter Spittle opined that in cyberspace, we have a clear sense of our corporeal bodies exchanged for 'atomised virtual bodies' in what is thought of as life behind the screen.
According to Spittle, 'citizens of the internet appear to be taking their cultural and social baggage with them on their journey to the other side of the mirror.'

He further says that in the realm of cyberspace, we become arbiter of the identities and positions paraded before us. Our existing cultural ties have a considerable impact on who we choose to identify with us, but we cannot ignore the co-presence of other identities, which call into question the construction of our own.

According to Texter,"the social construction of the body becomes clear in cyberspace, where every identity is represented, rather than 'real'. The consensus of cyberspace is a precarious one; identification is entirely contignet, based on a consensual agreement to take one's word for it." (Texter, 1996:3)

Spittle states that Texter suggests identity in cyberspace is often about 'pass off', offering up a fluid sense of self, projected onto an imaginary virtual body.
(Source: http://www.aber.ac.uk/~jmcwww/Misc/spittle01.html)