Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
26
242
On the other hand, I have spoken to some Gorean girls who have fallen slave and I learn, to my interest, that most are delighted to be freed from the layerings, the heat and general discomfort, of veiling.
26
243
Some reasons, I gather, for the veiling of free women, aside from questions of modesty, is to mark their distinction from slaves and render them less likely to be targeted by, and predated upon by, professional slavers, who, it is supposed, will, considering the risks involved, be then more likely to direct their attentions to slaves, whose charms are more easily ascertainable.
26
244
It might also be noted that raids to acquire women are not the domain exclusively of professional slavers.
26
245
It is almost a sport among Gorean young men, to hunt and capture a woman of a hostile city and bring her back to one's own city as a stripped slave.
26
246
It is not unusual for a young tarnsman to essay this feat as a first adventure.
26
247
And even free women are well aware of these virile sports, and understand that in a very serious sense their culture understands them as females, and thus as prizes.
26
248
It might be noted, lastly, that a woman who is stolen from a given city, if she has been enslaved, should she somehow find herself again in her native city, will still be a slave.
On the other hand, I have spoken to some Gorean girls who have fallen slave and I learn, to my interest, that most are delighted to be freed from the layerings, the heat and general discomfort, of veiling.
Some reasons, I gather, for the veiling of free women, aside from questions of modesty, is to mark their distinction from slaves and render them less likely to be targeted by, and predated upon by, professional slavers, who, it is supposed, will, considering the risks involved, be then more likely to direct their attentions to slaves, whose charms are more easily ascertainable.
It might also be noted that raids to acquire women are not the domain exclusively of professional slavers.
It is almost a sport among Gorean young men, to hunt and capture a woman of a hostile city and bring her back to one's own city as a stripped slave.
It is not unusual for a young tarnsman to essay this feat as a first adventure.
And even free women are well aware of these virile sports, and understand that in a very serious sense their culture understands them as females, and thus as prizes.
It might be noted, lastly, that a woman who is stolen from a given city, if she has been enslaved, should she somehow find herself again in her native city, will still be a slave.
- (Kajira of Gor, Chapter )