Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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117
The slave girl, of course, sees a house much differently than does a free woman.
19
118
Most simply she sees it as a house, and knows it, as a house in which she is a slave, whereas the free woman sees it and knows it as a house in which she is free.
19
119
The houses are, accordingly, experienced quite differently.
19
120
The free woman looks into a slave kennel but she, presumably, has never occupied it, the helpless prisoner behind its bars; the free woman may see chains but she, presumably, has never worn them; she may see the whip but she, presumably, has never felt it.
19
121
She sees the door, a device by means of which she gains access to her dwelling, but can it have the same meaning to her as to one who has been helplessly carried through it, as a slave? Similarly, the free woman passes through that door whenever she wishes.
19
122
She does not give it a second thought.
19
123
It is only a door.
The slave girl, of course, sees a house much differently than does a free woman.
Most simply she sees it as a house, and knows it, as a house in which she is a slave, whereas the free woman sees it and knows it as a house in which she is free.
The houses are, accordingly, experienced quite differently.
The free woman looks into a slave kennel but she, presumably, has never occupied it, the helpless prisoner behind its bars; the free woman may see chains but she, presumably, has never worn them; she may see the whip but she, presumably, has never felt it.
She sees the door, a device by means of which she gains access to her dwelling, but can it have the same meaning to her as to one who has been helplessly carried through it, as a slave? Similarly, the free woman passes through that door whenever she wishes.
She does not give it a second thought.
It is only a door.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter )