| “I fear,” she said, “that I will never be able to make the transition between a free woman and a slave.”
I laughed at her, and she looked up, angrily. “There is in actuality no transition for you to make,” I told her. “Why?” she asked. “Because you are a woman,” I told her. Fighting Slave of Gor Book 14 Page 366 “Men seeing you will want you in their collar,” I said. “They will pay high to take you from the block. As a free woman you are extremely beautiful. As a slave you will be a thousand times more beautiful.” Fighting Slave of Gor Book 14 Page 377 “What you have done to me,” she said, “is irreversible. I can never go back, now, knowing what I do, to being a proud free woman.” Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 34 “I am a free woman of Vonda!” the woman at the counter had been crying out last night. “You cannot put me out!” “You will pay or be ejected,” Strobius had told her. “You cannot put me out into the street!” she said. I had taken another sip of the sul porridge. The woman at the counter had been veiled, as is common with Gorean women, particularly those of high caste and of the high cities. Many Gorean women, in their haughtiness and pride, do not choose to have their features exposed to the common view. They are too fine and noble to he looked upon by the casual rabble. Similarly the robes of concealment worn by many Gorean women are doubtless dictated by similar sentiments. On the other hand veiling is a not impractical modesty in a culture in which capture, and the chain and the whip are not unknown. One justification for the veiling and for the robes of concealment, which is not regarded as inconsiderable, is that it is supposed to provide something of a protection against abduction and predation. Who would wish to risk his life, it is said, to carry off a woman who might, when roped to a tree and stripped, turn out to be as ugly as a tharlarion? Slave girls, by contrast, are almost never permitted veils. Similarly they are usually clad in such a way that their charms are manifest and obvious to even the casual onlooker. This, aside from having such utilities as reminding the girls that they are total slaves and giving pleasure to the men who look upon them, is supposed to make them, rather than free women, the desiderated objects of capture and rapine. I think there is something to this theory for, statistically, it is almost always the female slave and not her free sister who finds herself abducted and struggling in the lashings of captors or slavers. On the other hand, in spite of the theories pertaining to such matters, free women are certainly not immune to the fates of capture and enslavement Many men, despite the theories pertaining to such matters, and accepting the risks involved, enjoy taking them. Some slavers specialize in the capture of free women. Indeed, it is thought by some, perhaps largely because of the additional risks involved, and the interest in seeing what one has caught, that there is a special spice and flavor about taking them. Similarly it is said to be pleasant, if one has the time and patience, first to their horror and then to their joy, training them to the collar. “You cannot put me out into the street!” had cried the free woman. “I can,” he informed her soberly. “I am a free woman of Vonda,” she said, “a member of the Confederation.” “I am an innkeeper,” said he. “My politics are those of the ledger and silver.” Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 41 – 42 “Your duties in this house, Lola,” I told her, “will be numerous and complex. In particular, you will be a house slave. You will dust and clean the house, and keep it neat. You will mend and sew. You will wash and iron clothing. You will shop, and cook and serve. All manners of domestic tasks, trivial and servile, unfit for free women, will be yours.” Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 130 “I am a free woman,” she said. “Do you find slaves more interesting than I?” “Of course,” I said. “Why?” she asked. “For one thing,” I said, “they are owned.” “That makes them fascinating, doesn’t it?” she said, bitterly. “Yes,” I said. “And doubtless,” she said, angrily, “they do not have the inhibitions and frigidities of their free sisters!” “They are not permitted them,” I admitted. “I hate female slaves,” she said. I shrugged. “Why are they preferred over free women?” she asked. “Because they are slaves,” I said. “What are the differences?” she asked. “There are thousands,” I said. “Perhaps, most simply, the female slave is submitted to men. This makes her the most total of women.” “Disgusting,” she said. “Perhaps,” I said. Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 151 Page17 |