Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

If that's the case, then wouldn't you expect the behavior of adopting, say, Zooey Deschanel avatars to have predated it? You don't have to have an answer, I'm not sure there is one, but I would guess it's the total, fantastical control these men, often with very little control over their lives, can imagine they have with, and it has to be said, these Lolita-esque characters. Man, I wish there was real psychological research into this topic. I have pretty strong biases here and I'd like to see them either confirmed or corrected.