This room, by order of its Leader, follows the following guidelines for Free Women, those of this home and those visiting will adhere to these rules, or face the consequences of their actions. These guidelines are by the books of John Norman, and quotes are supplied.
"The Gorean woman, for reasons that are not altogether clear to me, considering the culture, rejoices in being a woman. She is often an exciting, magnificent, glorious creature, outspoken, talkative, vital, active, spirited." Priest Kings of Gor, pg 67
"I know of no prouder, more self-reliant, more magnificent creature than the free Gorean, male or female: they are often touchy, and viciously tempered, but they are seldom petty or small: moreover they do not hate and fear their bodies or their instincts; when they restrain themselves it is a victory over titanic forces; not the consequence of a slow metabolism; but sometimes they do not restrain themselves; they do not assume that their instincts and blood are enemies and spies, saboteurs in the house of themselves; they know them and welcome them as part of their persons; they are as little suspicious of them as the cat of its cruelty, or the lion of its hunger; their desire for vengeance, their will to speak out and defend themselves, their lust, they regard as intrinsically and gloriously a portion of themselves as their thinking or their hearing. Many Earth moralities make people little; the object of Gorean morality, for all its faults, is to make people free and great. These objectives are quite different it is clear to see." Marauders of Gor..pg 8-9
Riding Tarns "Hooded slaves can be roped within these. Free women can also use tarn baskets, standing within them, rather as within chariots. They may, or may not, have a driver, a tarnmaster. Few free woman would think of ascending, or would desire to ascend, the saddle of a tarn. Presumably their garments and their modesty would preclude their consideration of such a thing. They would not be likely to have this experience except as the guest of a tarnsman, perhaps enfolded in his arms as a capture." John Norman, Letter to Gorean Group, Sept 2000
Being Female "The human species, as certain other species, is characterized, happily, by a radical sexual dimorphism, a difference in structure so obvious that commonly one can easily, at a glance, even at a distance, distinguish a male from a female. In the Gorean milieu this sexual dimorphism, which is not only anatomical, but psychological, as well, is recognized, and celebrated. Accordingly, the Gorean men should be large, rugged and virile, and the women should be smaller, clearly, obviously weaker, and thus radically, unequivocally vulnerable, and extremely beautiful and exquisitely feminine. Avoid, at all costs, "muscle-bound viragoes," silly "warrior princess" types, etc. The Gorean world is too realistic, and too close to the biotruths of human nature, for them. In the Gorean world we are dealing with real people, with real men and real women." John Norman, Letter to the Gorean Group, Dec 2000
Wearing AVs that show too much flesh for your culture. A note on some cultures for those who don't have the books...
Red Hunter FW: went bare breasted in the summer and it was considered normal.
Wagon People FW: Did not wear veils, they had a gold nose ring pierced through the septum (middle of the nose, not the side). They wore leather dresses.
Rencer FW: had bare arms and very short rence cloth clothes for ease in movement though the delta on the rence craft. They would show more legs than others.
Torvaldslander FW: Were not required to wear veils in Torvaldsland and did not wear nose rings. They did wear a dagger on their belt. (Note: using that dagger against a man is another thing entirely.)
FW did not earrings or jewelry that looks like a collar (tight necklace) or manacles (wrist bands and ankle bands). FW should do not wear very tight clothing, low cut tops, form fitting clothing, men's clothes, anything that allowed the navel to show, Earth clothes, latex (or any material that does NOT exist on Gor). Avatars should show clothing known to Gor in whatever culture the FW is of. FW should not be wearing an av that shows you are using or carrying a sword and/or weapon. To do so, looks like intent to use it, and can be construed as hostile.
Pierced Ears "Any woman, it is said, with pierced ears, is a slave girl." Marauders of Gor, pg 8
"The piercing of a woman's ears is regarded on Gor as being erotically momentous. No free woman would consent to that, and slaves, commonly, at first, dread it. Later it may excite them, and they may love it. A “pierced-ear girl” is regarded as the least, the lowest, and most despicable, of female slaves. Interestingly, however, this is thought to considerably increase the desirability of the slave. Nose rings are not regarded in the same light. Indeed, in certain areas, as among the Tuchuks, whose free women seldom, if ever, veil themselves, they are a commonplace. Warriors of Treve commonly mark their captured women with an ear tag, which not only identifies her as having been captured by a given warrior, and thusly as a part of his loot, but which, in effect, indicates to the woman that she will doubtless, shortly, have both her ears pierced. Expensive and exotic earrings, obviously, may be used to adorn slaves, particularly high slaves, and even in the ears of a low slave, something as simple as a pair of tiny golden loops is almost sure to be appealing, and exciting. "Letter to the Gorean Group, Sept 2000
"To Gorean eyes the piercing of the ears, this visible set of wounds, inflicted to facilitate the mounting of sensual and barbaric ornamentations, is customarily regarded as being tantamount, for most practical purposes, to a sentence of irrevocable bondage. Normally ear-piercing is done only to the lowest and most sensual of slaves. It is regarded, by most Goreans, as being far more humiliating and degrading to a woman than the piercing of a girl's septum and the consequent fastening on her of a nose ring." Savages of Gor, pgs 10 & 11
Showing Navels "I tore down one of the hangings, a yellow one, and ripped a narrow strip from it. I wound this about the girl's thighs, low, to reveal her navel. It is called the slave belly. On Gor it is only slave girls who expose their navels. But the cloth would cover the area, on either hip, which would be the likely site of the incised slave mark." Tribesmen of Gor, pg 335
"I cut a length from the red bark cloth, about five feet in length and a foot in width. I wrapped it about the sweetness of her slave hips and tucked it in. I pushed it down so that her navel might be well revealed. It is called the “slave belly” on Gor. Only slave girls, on Gor, reveal their navels." Explorers of Gor, pg 334
"It was then." He said, "that you turned away, call me a Tuchuk sleen."
"Oh, yes!" laughed Aprhis.
"And it was then," said Kamchak, still laughing "that I vowed I would make you my slave."
Nomads of Gor, pg 94
Where Caste Comes From "Whereas caste membership is commonly connected with the practice of an occupation, such as agriculture, or commerce, or war, there can be, of course, caste members who are not engaged in caste work and individuals who do certain forms of work who are not members of that caste commonly associated with such work. Caste, commonly, though not invariably, is a matter of birth. One may, too, be received into a caste by investment. Normally mating takes place among caste members, but if the mating is of mixed caste, the woman may elect to retain caste, which is commonly done, or be received into the caste of the male companion. Caste membership of the children born of such a union is a function of the caste of the father." Slave Girl of Gor" pgs 212-213
Outlaws Losing Their Caste "One of the reasons there are so few outlaws on Gor is doubtless that the outlaw, in adopting his way of life, surrenders caste rights. The slave, too, of course, has no caste rights. He stands outside the structure of society. He is an animal. It is said on Gor that only slaves, outlaws, and Priest-Kings, rumored to be the rulers of Gor, reputed to live in the remote Sardar Mountains, are without caste. This saying, however, it might be pointed out, as Goreans recognize, is not strictly true. For example, some individuals have lost caste, or been deprived of caste; some individuals have been born outside of caste; certain occupations are not traditionally associated with caste, such as gardening, domestic service and herding; and, indeed, there are entire cultures and peoples on Gor to whom caste is unknown." Fighting Slave of Gor, pgs 210-211
Wagon People have no Caste: "They do not have castes, as Goreans tend to think of them. For example, every male of the Wagon Peoples is expected to be a warrior, to be able to ride, to be able to hunt, to care for the bosk, and so on. When I speak of Year Keepers and Singers it must be understood that these are not, for the Wagon Peoples, castes, but more like roles, subsidiary to their main functions, which are those of the war, herding and the hunt. They do have, however, certain clans, not castes, which specialize in certain matters, for example, the clan of healers, leather workers, salt hunters, and so on. " Nomads of Gor, pg 12 footnote
Caste of Warriors: I have yet to find a quote that states a woman was admitted into the Caste of Warriors.
Caste of Initiates: "No female, incidentally, may become an Initiate." Marauders of Gor, pg 30
Caste of Tarn Keepers: "Tarns, who are vicious things, are seldom more than half tamed and, like their diminutive counterparts the hawks, are carnivorous. It is not unknown for a tarn to attack and devour his own rider. They fear nothing but the tarn-goad. They are trained by men of the Caste of Tarn Keepers to respond to it while still young, when they can be fastened by wires to the training perches." Tarnsman of Gor, pg 52 (Note: Trained by men)
Caste of Assassins: "Since the siege of Ar, when Pa-Kur, Master Assassin, had violated the limits of his caste and had presumed, in contradiction to the traditions of Gor, to lead a horde upon the city, intending to make himself Ubar, the Caste of Assassins had lived as hated, hunted men, no longer esteemed mercenaries whose services were sought by cities, and, as often by factions within cities. Outlaw of Gor, pg 72 (note: it says "men", not "people")
Killing in General: Their codes forbade them to kill but I knew that they hired men of other castes for this purpose." Priest-Kings of Gor, pg 297 (Note: it says "men of other castes", not women. This would take in Warriors and Assassins, the two castes known to do killing)
FW should also not be going into the Ost Inn unescorted, nor going to the Slaver House. The Slavers House will not allow a FW to enter the House without either a escort or have a letter from their Ubar/Jarl/Room Leader (password). No escort, no certificate of freedom, then no entry.
The penalty for any of the above, will, of course, be up to the Free Men and Free Women of the home you broke the guidelines in. It may be a warning, it may result in something far more serious.
"Some Goreans believe that all women are slaves, only that some are not in their collars. Others believe that the collars will find their slaves, or, so to speak, that any woman who finds herself in a collar must thereby understand that she belongs in one. If she did not belong in it, she would not be in it." John Norman, Letter to Gorean Group Dec 2000