| The Gorean girl is, even if free, accustomed to slavery; she will perhaps
own one or more slaves herself; she knows that she is weaker than men and
what this can mean; she knows that cities fall and caravans are plundered;
she knows she might even, by a sufficiently bold warrior, be captured in
her own quarters and, bound and hooded, be carried by tarnback over the
wall of her own city. Moreover, even if she is never enslaved, she
is familiar with the duties of slaves and what is expected of them; if
she should be enslaved she will know, on the whole, what is expected of
her what is permitted her and not; moreover the Gorean girl is literally
educated, fortunately or not, to the notion that it is of great importance
to know how to please men; accordingly, even girls who will be free companions,
and never slaves, learn the preparation and serving of exotic dishes, the
art of walking, and standing, and being beautiful, the care of a man's
equipment, the love dances of their city, and so on." Nomads of Gor
page 63 |
Kneeling
"Gorean men sit cross-legged, not women. The Gorean female, whether
free or slave, whether of high caste or low caste, kneels. The posture
on the part of a woman, aping that of men, is a provocation. The
panther girls, in their desire to repudiate their own nature, and in the
envy of men, adopt such a posture." Magicians of Gor page 118. |
| "The position of the Tower Slave, in which Vika knelt, differs from
that of a free woman only in the position of the wrists which are held
before her and, when not occupied, crossed as though for binding... The
position of the Pleasure Slave, incidentally, differs from the position
of both the free woman and the Tower Slave. The hands of a Pleasure Slave
normally rest on her thighs but, in some cities, for example, Thentis,
I believe, the are crossed behind her. More significantly, for the free
woman's hands may also rest on her thighs, there is a difference in the
placement of the knees. In all these kneeling positions, incidentally,
even that of the Pleasure Slave, the Gorean woman carries herself well;
her back is straight and her chin is high. She tends to be vital and beautiful
to look upon." Priest Kings of Gor pages 46-7 |
Speaking
"Be silent, woman," said Genserix, angrily. "I am a free woman," she
said. "I may speak as I please."....There was a rumble of angry sounds
from the gathered warriors. But none did anything to
discipline the girl. She was, of course, free. Free women, among the
Alars, have high standing." Mercenaries of Gor page 54. |
| "I am a free woman," she said. "I can speak as I please. I could not
gainsay her in this. She was free. She could, accordingly, say what she
wished, and without requiring permission. She stood before me. She had
dared to brush back her hood. She had unpinned her shimmering veils, permitting
them to fall about her throat and shoulders..... "You are brazen," I said.
"Yes," she said insolently. I mused, considering this. It is not difficult,
of course, to take insolence from a woman. "A free woman may be bold,"
she said. "True," I granted her." Mercenaries of Gor pages 7-8. |
Traveling
'I now understand why it is that free
women never enter Paga taverns.'" Assassin of Gor page 22. |
| "In most paga taverns," he said, "free women are not permitted. In
some they are." Kajira of Gor page 122 |
| "If you may pleasure yourself in taverns," she said, "surely so, too,
may I." "Free women," I said, "do not come here. It is too close to the
wharves. It is dangerous. This is Gor." Rogue of Gor page 158 |
"On Gor a woman normally travels only with a suitable retinue of armed
guards. Women , on this barbaric world, are often regarded, unfortunately,
as little more than love prizes, the fruits of conquest and seizure. too,
often , they are seen less as persons, human beings with rights, individuals
worthy of concern and regard than as potential pleasure slaves, silken,
bangles prisoners, possible adornments to the pleasure gardens of their
captors. There is a saying on Gor that the laws of a city extend no further
than its walls." Outlaw of Gor page 50. |
| "Some Gorean fee cars and coaches are slung on layers of leather. The
ride is reasonably smooth, but until the rider becomes accustomed to the
swaying, which can induce nausea, or, in effect, seasickness. This seems
to particularly be the case with free women, who are notoriously delicate
and given to imaginary complaints. It is interesting to note that this
'delicacy,' this pretentious fragility, or what not, and such 'complaints,'
usually disappear as soon as they have been enslaved. It has been noted
that the same woman who makes a disgusting spectacle of herself as a free
person traveling one way on a leather-slung fee cart is likely on the return
journey, if then a slave, perhaps tied in a sack, or placed hooded and
bound, hand and foot, on the floor of such a cart, between the feet of
the passengers on opposite benches, is likely to remain orally continent,
even desperately so. If she does not, of course, she, within the sack or
hood, bears the consequences of her own actions, after which she is likely
to be kicked or struck while still in the sack, or beaten while still in
the hood, after which the sack might be hung over the back of the fee cart
or she herself bound vulnerably on her stomach, her upper body over its
rear guard rail. Afterwards, too, of course, she will clean both herself
and the sack, or hood, thoroughly, before crawling back into the sack,
to again become its prisoner, or having the hood again drawn over her head
and having it fastened on her. She seldom has the same accident twice."
Renegades of Gor page 19 |
| To be sure, in certain cities, as had been the case in Ko-ro-ba, women
were permitted status within the caste system and had a relatively unrestricted
existence. Indeed, in Ko-ro-ba, a woman might even leave her quarters without
first obtaining the permission of a male relative or the Free companion,
a freedom which was unusual on Gor. The women of Ko-ro-ba, might even be
found sitting unattended in the theater or at the reading of epics." Outlaw
of Gor page 51 |
Weapons
| "Poison is the weapon of woman." Marauders of Gor page 18 |
| 'I was the Lady Mina,' she said, 'of the villas of Noviminae, near
Lydius. I set off in my hunting leather with crossbow, upon a pacing thalarion,
after tabuk." Mercenaries of Gor page 335 |
| Some men will kill a woman with a weapon rather than take a moment
or so to disarm her and make her helpless." Renegades of Gor page 89 |
For one thing she was not of the warriors and was thus not entitled
to this badge of station; indeed, her wearing it, as she was a mere female,
would be a joke to outsiders and an embarrassment to the men; it would
belittle its significance for them, making it shameful and meaningless.
The insignia of
men, like male garments, become empty mockeries when permitted to women.
This type of thing leads eventually both to the demasculinization of men
and the defeminization of females, a perversion of nature disapproved of
generally, correctly or incorrectly, by Goreans." Mercenaries of Gor page
56 |
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