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| 8 | 857 | All of these positions, View more quotes about both">both symbolic and practical, have certain things in common; for example, in all of them, the slave is presented as, and is understood as, both by herself and by others, a slave, and only a slave. |
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| 8 | 854 | They are designed with various purposes in mind; instantly placing oneself in positions in which one is helpless and vulnerable; positions of abject submission in which one's bondage is made clear to all; positions of display; positions facilitating appraisal, and such. |
| 8 | 855 | In bara, one goes to one's belly, one's head facing to the left, one's wrists crossed behind one, and one's ankles crossed, as well. |
| 8 | 856 | In such a position a slave may be quickly and conveniently bound, helplessly bound, hand and foot. |
| 8 | 857 | All of these positions, both symbolic and practical, have certain things in common; for example, in all of them, the slave is presented as, and is understood as, both by herself and by others, a slave, and only a slave. |
| 8 | 858 | "The corsair," I said, "is putting down a long boat". |
| 8 | 859 | I saw it being lowered, in a rope harness, into the water. |
| 8 | 860 | I then heard a cry from the lookout platform, high on the mast. |