Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
7
728
I was not veiled in public, that men might not look upon my beauty.
7
729
I was not wrapped in the lengthy, ornate folds of the Robes of Concealment, that the lineaments of my figure should not betray the delicate canons of modesty, or no more so than might provoke inevitable speculation.
7
730
I was not encircled with conventions and formalities; I was not one for whom strong men were to step deferently aside, who might be carried in a palanquin, for whom ways were to be cleared, one who was expected, I gathered, at least if of high caste, to speak boldly, even sharply, and with haughty contempt, one expected to hold oneself, and move, in stately disdain, one mighty in presence and power.
7
731
I had gathered from the instructresses that such women, certainly those of high caste, of such exalted nobility, so taken with themselves, commonly prided themselves on their self-containment, their self-control, their freedom from many human weaknesses, their superiority to many of the elements commonly found in the nature of the female.
7
732
In particular, many felt they must, as persons, view themselves as above a variety of allegedly lower, or baser, considerations.
7
733
Accordingly, they would compete with one another, it seems, each attempting to outdo the other with respect to their imperviousness to the liabilities commonly associated with a lower nature, an animal nature.
7
734
Many, I gathered, particularly of high caste, held themselves superior to sex, which they professed to find demeaning.
I was not veiled in public, that men might not look upon my beauty.
I was not wrapped in the lengthy, ornate folds of the Robes of Concealment, that the lineaments of my figure should not betray the delicate canons of modesty, or no more so than might provoke inevitable speculation.
I was not encircled with conventions and formalities; I was not one for whom strong men were to step deferently aside, who might be carried in a palanquin, for whom ways were to be cleared, one who was expected, I gathered, at least if of high caste, to speak boldly, even sharply, and with haughty contempt, one expected to hold oneself, and move, in stately disdain, one mighty in presence and power.
I had gathered from the instructresses that such women, certainly those of high caste, of such exalted nobility, so taken with themselves, commonly prided themselves on their self-containment, their self-control, their freedom from many human weaknesses, their superiority to many of the elements commonly found in the nature of the female.
In particular, many felt they must, as persons, view themselves as above a variety of allegedly lower, or baser, considerations.
Accordingly, they would compete with one another, it seems, each attempting to outdo the other with respect to their imperviousness to the liabilities commonly associated with a lower nature, an animal nature.
Many, I gathered, particularly of high caste, held themselves superior to sex, which they professed to find demeaning.
- (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter )