Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 370 | Men, of course, compete for females, sometimes with the sword. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 367 | Which female might be chosen, so to speak, or favored, and what would be the consequences of that choice with respect to the other female, and the male? Females, of course, compete for the attention of males, as would be biologically anticipated. |
| 1 | 368 | They dress for them, they concern themselves with their appearance, their posture, their speech, and behavior. |
| 1 | 369 | They wish to be found attractive to males. |
| 1 | 370 | Men, of course, compete for females, sometimes with the sword. |
| 1 | 371 | But females, too, in their way, compete for men. |
| 1 | 372 | Who has not seen the difference in the behavior of even veiled free women when in the presence of men, how they stand, how they hold their heads, how they speak, with such pretended, insouciant indifference? And, too, who has not seen the even more obvious competitions amongst the girls on a slave shelf when a handsome fellow is in the vicinity, their languorous poses, as though unaware of his presence, or, say, their smiles, their vivacity, or perhaps even, with the rustling of chains, the lifting of their small shackled limbs to him, begging that a bid may be made upon them? The female from the Steel Worlds may have seldom seen another human female, unless perhaps to drive her away from the vicinity of her master, with hissing, and teeth and nails, lest she should attempt to groom him. |
| 1 | 373 | But she would certainly in any case be acutely aware that the lovely stranger in the enclosure with her was another female, and thus an enemy, or competitor. |
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Which female might be chosen, so to speak, or favored, and what would be the consequences of that choice with respect to the other female, and the male? Females, of course, compete for the attention of males, as would be biologically anticipated.
They dress for them, they concern themselves with their appearance, their posture, their speech, and behavior.
They wish to be found attractive to males.
Men, of course, compete for females, sometimes with the sword.
But females, too, in their way, compete for men.
Who has not seen the difference in the behavior of even veiled free women when in the presence of men, how they stand, how they hold their heads, how they speak, with such pretended, insouciant indifference? And, too, who has not seen the even more obvious competitions amongst the girls on a slave shelf when a handsome fellow is in the vicinity, their languorous poses, as though unaware of his presence, or, say, their smiles, their vivacity, or perhaps even, with the rustling of chains, the lifting of their small shackled limbs to him, begging that a bid may be made upon them? The female from the Steel Worlds may have seldom seen another human female, unless perhaps to drive her away from the vicinity of her master, with hissing, and teeth and nails, lest she should attempt to groom him.
But she would certainly in any case be acutely aware that the lovely stranger in the enclosure with her was another female, and thus an enemy, or competitor.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter 1)