Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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This might be regarded as the civilized expression of the biological relationship, a recognition of that relationship, and perhaps an enhancement, refinement and celebration of it, and, within the context of custom and law, of course, a clarification and consolidation of it.
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614
But why, I asked myself, irritatedly, should a civilization be congenial to nature? Is it not far better, I asked myself, for a civilization to contradict and frustrate nature; is it not far better for it to deny and subvert nature; is it not far better for it to blur natural distinctions and confuse identities; is it not far better for it, ignoring human happiness and fulfillment, to produce anxiety, guilt, frustration, misery and pain? "There is the theater of Kleitos," said Drusus Rencius, "the library, the stadium".
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615
"Yes," I said.
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616
But whatever might be the truth about such matters, or the optimum ways of viewing them, female slavery, on gor, was a fact.
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617
There were, as I had long ago learned, slaves here.
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618
I looked out, over the city.
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619
In the city, within these very walls, there were women, perhaps not much different from myself, in collars, who were literally held in categorical, uncompromised bondage.
This might be regarded as the civilized expression of the biological relationship, a recognition of that relationship, and perhaps an enhancement, refinement and celebration of it, and, within the context of custom and law, of course, a clarification and consolidation of it.
But why, I asked myself, irritatedly, should a civilization be congenial to nature? Is it not far better, I asked myself, for a civilization to contradict and frustrate nature; is it not far better for it to deny and subvert nature; is it not far better for it to blur natural distinctions and confuse identities; is it not far better for it, ignoring human happiness and fulfillment, to produce anxiety, guilt, frustration, misery and pain? "There is the theater of Kleitos," said Drusus Rencius, "the library, the stadium".
"Yes," I said.
But whatever might be the truth about such matters, or the optimum ways of viewing them, female slavery, on gor, was a fact.
There were, as I had long ago learned, slaves here.
I looked out, over the city.
In the city, within these very walls, there were women, perhaps not much different from myself, in collars, who were literally held in categorical, uncompromised bondage.
- (Kajira of Gor, Chapter )