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This is not unusual with slaves. - (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter 24, Sentence #685)

I did not know. I effected nothing critical at this point. Later, if I wished, I could make it clear to her that she was not, unless in extraordinary circumstances, to speak without having first obtained permission. This is not unusual with slaves. Also, she could be silenced with a word; she was not a free woman. I might even, I thought, put her in the bondage of the she-sleen or she-tarsk, and deny her words, refusing to let her rise to her feet, and limiting her discourse to small sounds, whimpers and such, by which she might attempt, as she could, to make clear her wants. Incidentally, perhaps, in passing, one might note that the more generic practice referred to above, that of requiring a slave to obtain permission before speaking, at least in normal circumstances, is a particularly excellent discipline for female slaves, for they are women and, as other women, if I mistake the matter not, they tend to be inveterately sociable and delightfully loquacious; they speak well; they desire to speak; they love to speak; they take great delight in communication; thus, few disciplines so much impress their bondage on them as the control of their discourse, that they may not, under normal circumstances, speak without permission; the domination to which they are subject is thus confirmed to them, and much more acutely, I fear, at least statistically, than would be the case were they a male; they are particularly sensitive to this restriction; but perhaps if the master is well satisfied with them, they may be permitted to speak; and so they strive to see that the master is well satisfied with them; too, of course, this practice draws an important and remarkably clear distinction between them and free women; this, too, cannot help but impress their bondage upon them. - (Tribesmen of Gor)