It is customary in their world, that men go and capture women from enemy cities to bring back as slaves. It is a way for a man to prove himself to his own people. Most women are protected in their own city, but if they leave their city without men guarding them, they are vulnerable to capture.
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, bangled 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
Capturing a slave is covered extensively by various laws, some of which get very complicated. It is very well explained by this passage:
Theft, or capture, if you prefer, conferred rights over me. I would belong to, and must fully serve, anyone into whose effective possession I came, even if it had been by theft. The original master, of course, has the right to try to recover his property, which remains technically his for a period of one week. If I were to flee the thief, however, after he has consolidated his hold on me, for example, kept me for even a night, I could, actually in Gorean law, be counted as a runaway slave, from him, even though he did not technically own me yet, and punished accordingly. Analogies are that is not permitted to animals to challenge the tethers on their necks, or flee the posts within which they find themselves penned, that money must retain its value, and buying power, regardless of who has it in hand, and so on. Strictures of this sort, of course, do not apply to free persons, such as free women. A free woman is entitled to try to escape a captor as best she can, and without penalty, even after her first night in his bonds, if she still chooses to do so. If she is enslaved, of course, then she is subject to, and covered by, the same customs, practices and laws as any other slave. The point of these statutes, it seems, it to keep the slave in perfect custody, at all times, and to encourage boldness on the part of males. After the slave had been in the possession of the thief, or captor, for one week she counts as being legally his. To be sure, the original maser may attempt to steal her back. A popular sport with young men is trying "chain luck." This refers to the capture of women, either free or bond, viewed as a sport. In war, of course, women of this world, slave and free, like silver and gold, rank high as booty. Dancer of Gor, page 95-96
""As a slave!" she cried. "You should have freed me!"
"As I recall," I said, "you begged to be freed."
"Yes!" she cried.
The men in the room looked at one another.
"I had not known, until that time," I said, "that you were, in the belly of you, a true slave girl."
She looked at me, angrily. She turned red.
On Gor it is said that only a true slave begs to be freed. That act, incontrovertibly, on Gor, more deeply than a brand and a collar, marks the individual as a true slave. Who but such a true slave would beg to be freed? Such individuals, of course, are never freed, but, commonly, their nature now being made undeniably clear, are put under heavier restraints and treated more harshly. When Talena, the daughter of Marlenus of Ar, Ubar of Ar, had, in a missive to him, begged her freedom, he had, on his sword and on the medallion of Ar, sworn against her the oath of disownment. As a consequence, she was no longer of high birth, no longer his daughter. I had had Samos free her and transmit her to Ar. There she lived, free but of no status; she was no longer recognized, in the sight of its Home Stone, as a citizen of Ar; she had not even the collar of a slave girl for her identity; she was kept sequestered by Marlenus in the central cylinder, that his shame not be publicly displayed upon the high bridges of the city. Tribesmen of Gor, page 351"
It seems that there is a pride in slaves that shines through in the books, but a disdain for slaves by free people. This passage clarified that for me. Since it is so completely necessary that a slave be pleasing or be punished or killed, they have to take pride in what they are to remain pleasing.
"It is easy to tell among girls which are familiar with their condition and which are not. Once a girl truly understands that she is a slave, and there is no escape for her, once she understands it truly, emotionally, categorically, intellectually, physiologically, totally, deeply, profoundly, in every cell in her beautiful body, a fantastic transformation occurs in her. She then knows she is truly a slave. She then becomes wild and free, and sexual, and cares not that she might be scorned by the free either for her miserable condition or helpless appetites; she knows she will be what she must; she has no choice; she is slave.
Women, in their heart, long to submit; this is necessary for the slave girl; she must submit or die; submitted, she is thrilled to the core; she lives then for love and service, bound to the will of her master. The joy of the slave girl may seem incomprehensible to the free but it is a reality. Page 55 - Beasts of Gor
There are several types of people in relation to Gorean tradition. There are role-players, who are part-time in gorean lifestyle for fun. The literals, who claim 24/7 100% Gorean tradition, and then the less scary ones who follow the ideaology and philosophical values of the novels.
Slaves. A love slave is a slave who falls in love with, and is loved, by her masster.
A natural slave is a slave who was trained from birth to be pleasing to men as a slave, and has fully embraced that role with enthusiasm. .
A pleasure slave is a slave who has been trained specifically for sexual pleasure.
Favorite quotes found while researching:
Through training, you have the option of being lax, being insolent, back talking and thinking your actions will get you out of a collar. However, you will also find yourself whipped severely and possibly dead. Ultimately, the decision lies in your hands and heart. You are the one to decide your own fate as a slave.
The main thing to remember as a slave is:
You are an extension of your Owner. You represent your Owner and their abilities, as well as everything they possess. If you bring shame to yourself, you dishonor your Owner. If you dishonor your Owner, you will be killed. Rarely are slaves freed, if ever. Accept your position, cherish it, own it, live it, desire it, in time you will find, it might have been the best decision you have ever made.
"She laughed. It was true. Gorean men, on the whole, do not free slaves. The freeing of a girl is almost unheard of. This makes sense. They are not free women. They are belongings, valuables, slaves, treasures. Who discards precious possessions, who surrenders treasures? If the slave girl were worth less perhaps she would be freed more. She is too marvelous to free; and if she is not marvelous, she can be slain. Too, what man who has known the glory and joy of a girl at his feet is likely to wish to exchange that for the inconvenience and bother of a free woman? No, slave girls, for all practical purposes, are not freed. They will remain in one collar or another. Men will have it that way."
Page 90 - Explorers of Gor
"...the slave girl is not simply someone with whom the man lives; she is very special to him; she is a treasured possession; he owns her; he wants to know her; profoundly and deeply; the background, history, the mind, the intelligence, the appetites, the nature and disposition of his lovely article of property; this knowledge, of course, puts her more at his mercy; by making it possible to manipulate her feelings, exploit weaknesses, drop asides...she is in the helpless condition of slavery, it gives him more power over her."
Page 42 - Tribesmen of Gor
"It is a beautiful moment when the woman realizes that the man who owns her is her love master, and the man realizes that the girl he bought, looking up at him, tears in her eyes, is his love slave. Then the only danger is that he will weaken. One must be strong with a love slave. If one truly loves her, he will be that strong. The slavery in which a love slave is kept is an unusually deep slavery."
Page 236 - Beasts of Gor
Many Gorean men, in their vanity, will not admit to caring for slaves. Even the thought of it, it seems, would embarrass them. Who could care for a meaningless slut in a collar? Yet too often, for just such women, luscious and helpless, and in bondage, men are prepared to kill. Indeed, more than one war on Gor has been fought to recover a single slave.
Dancer of Gor, page 421
Dancer of Gor, page 421
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