Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 167 | "Thank you, thank you, master!" In a slave there is doubtless an immediate, abstract, intellectual understanding of her condition, say, that of her legal status, that she is property, and beast, particularly if she is a Gorean girl, and is culturally familiar with the institution, but this intellectual understanding is soon superseded by an understanding which is far deeper, an understanding profoundly holistic, one that is not only intellectual, but psychological, and emotional, as well. |
| 1 | 168 | And the lash frequently expedites this understanding. |
| 1 | 169 | She must see the man as her master not in the simple sense that he stands in some legal relationship to her, which she might recognize and acknowledge, but rather as, say, an animal might see a man as its master, provided the animal also had the high intelligence of a woman, and also had a clear concept of the institutional and cultural legalities and proprieties involved. |
| 1 | 170 | A woman sees a man who is her master quite differently than she sees a man who is not her master, even if she is a slave. |
| 1 | 171 | To be sure, all free men are, in a sense, to her as master. |
| 1 | 172 | The slave had asked to feel the whip. |
| 1 | 173 | The slave's attitude toward the whip is to some extent ambivalent. |
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"Thank you, thank you, master!" In a slave there is doubtless an immediate, abstract, intellectual understanding of her condition, say, that of her legal status, that she is property, and beast, particularly if she is a Gorean girl, and is culturally familiar with the institution, but this intellectual understanding is soon superseded by an understanding which is far deeper, an understanding profoundly holistic, one that is not only intellectual, but psychological, and emotional, as well.
And the lash frequently expedites this understanding.
She must see the man as her master not in the simple sense that he stands in some legal relationship to her, which she might recognize and acknowledge, but rather as, say, an animal might see a man as its master, provided the animal also had the high intelligence of a woman, and also had a clear concept of the institutional and cultural legalities and proprieties involved.
A woman sees a man who is her master quite differently than she sees a man who is not her master, even if she is a slave.
To be sure, all free men are, in a sense, to her as master.
The slave had asked to feel the whip.
The slave's attitude toward the whip is to some extent ambivalent.
- (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )