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This is a corner of a shopping mall. In Second Life, there are literally tens of thousands of shopping malls. A majority of them sell women's apparel and are visited by women. Shopping constitutes the primary activity in Second Life. (The second activity is probably sex.) Shopping is also a primary economic activity of Second Life, both in the virtual sense as well as how Linden Lab makes money, and how some people is making a (real life) living by selling virtual things in Second Life. In terms of real monetary flow, the first activity is probably real estate. Prostitution/Escort probably comes as 3rd.
UK authorities may soon be entering Second Life as part of a crack down on virtual pedophilia following the above report being shown on Sky News.

The report investigates an area in Second Life called “Second life linden” where users dressed as children offer virtual prostitution in a space designed to mimic a kids playground.

Someone recently said to me at a conference that Second Life’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness: pure uncensored freedom; they are completely right. No self respecting person could argue that the staging of virtual pedophilia is anything but sick and should have no place within Second Life, and yet libertarian governance has been the key driver of the Second Life success story . The whole thing is yet another tarnish on a space where some really great things are happening, a space that is slowly finding a much wider acceptance in the broader community. The quicker Linden Lab cracks down on these sickos, the better for the many Secondlife linden fans out there who preach the Second Life gospel where ever they go.