Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
10
480
One theory for the revealing garb in which kajirae are commonly kept is that in a primitive, warlike, barbarous world, a world in which slavery is common, and beautiful women are regarded as a familiar form of booty, such garb tends to make them the desiderated objects of capture, seizure and theft, this being thought, in its way, to constitute something of a protection for the freewomen, in their cumbersome, concealing robes and veils.
One theory for the revealing garb in which kajirae are commonly kept is that in a primitive, warlike, barbarous world, a world in which slavery is common, and beautiful women are regarded as a familiar form of booty, such garb tends to make them the desiderated objects of capture, seizure and theft, this being thought, in its way, to constitute something of a protection for the free women, in their cumbersome, concealing robes and veils.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter 10, Sentence #480)
Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
10
477
That is doubtless true.
10
478
I was no stranger to this sort of thing.
10
479
Before I had been sold I had been so examined in great detail, even to the extent of performing what was almost a choreography before my prospective buyers, that my features, expressions, attitudes, movements, charms, if any, and such, might be the better assessed.
10
480
One theory for the revealing garb in which kajirae are commonly kept is that in a primitive, warlike, barbarous world, a world in which slavery is common, and beautiful women are regarded as a familiar form of booty, such garb tends to make them the desiderated objects of capture, seizure and theft, this being thought, in its way, to constitute something of a protection for the freewomen, in their cumbersome, concealing robes and veils.
10
481
But there are, doubtless, several reasons for the distinctive forms of garb in which kajirae are placed.
10
482
One commonly mentioned reason is that it draws a clear distinction in a profoundly stratified society between our lowliness, marked by our rags, or brief tunics, and such, and the loftiness of freewomen, expressed in the complexity, richness and ornateness of their habiliments.
10
483
It is not likely then that we will be confused with our betters.
That is doubtless true.
I was no stranger to this sort of thing.
Before I had been sold I had been so examined in great detail, even to the extent of performing what was almost a choreography before my prospective buyers, that my features, expressions, attitudes, movements, charms, if any, and such, might be the better assessed.
One theory for the revealing garb in which kajirae are commonly kept is that in a primitive, warlike, barbarous world, a world in which slavery is common, and beautiful women are regarded as a familiar form of booty, such garb tends to make them the desiderated objects of capture, seizure and theft, this being thought, in its way, to constitute something of a protection for the free women, in their cumbersome, concealing robes and veils.
But there are, doubtless, several reasons for the distinctive forms of garb in which kajirae are placed.
One commonly mentioned reason is that it draws a clear distinction in a profoundly stratified society between our lowliness, marked by our rags, or brief tunics, and such, and the loftiness of free women, expressed in the complexity, richness and ornateness of their habiliments.
It is not likely then that we will be confused with our betters.
- (Witness of Gor, Chapter 10)