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We were taught personal hygiene, and cleanliness, perfumes and cosmetics, the stringing of jewelries, the affixing of bangles, bracelets, and beads, the draping of tunics, the binding on of a camisk, the subtleties of the ta-teera, or slave rag, seemingly so artless, and yet so cunning. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 1, Sentence #284)

In any event, Gorean men, the uncompromising, masterful brutes, acculturated so differently from the men of Earth, do not seem to object to this arrangement. I wonder if they understand, or care, for the feelings of their properties, their goods, if they are aware of, or care about, the interior life of the merchandise they have purchased, the joy a woman can find in bondage. When the mistresses were satisfied, however grudgingly, we would be thrown food. We were taught personal hygiene, and cleanliness, perfumes and cosmetics, the stringing of jewelries, the affixing of bangles, bracelets, and beads, the draping of tunics, the binding on of a camisk, the subtleties of the ta-teera, or slave rag, seemingly so artless, and yet so cunning. We learned how to move attractively, how to walk, kneel, lie, and rise attractively, how to clothe ourselves attractively, even given the tiny garments we might be permitted, and how to strip ourselves attractively. The free woman may be stiff and clumsy; the slave, in movement, posture, and attitude, must be beautiful. We must, too, become more aware of our surroundings, and their ambiences, of sunlight and shadow, of warmth and coolness, of air and moisture, of textures and surfaces, the feel of tiles or rugs to our knees, the feel of cloth on our bodies, however light or diaphanous, the sense of our body where it was bare, vulnerable, waiting to be touched or felt, the pinioning of shackles, the weight of chains, the different sense of encircling ropes or straps on our bodies, each rendering us helpless. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 1)