
The Role of the FreeWoman in Gorean Society


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CONTENTS
I Introduction
II Enslavement
III Facestripping
IV Freewomen and slavegirls
V Freewomen and silk slaves
VI Bride Price
VII Free Companionship
VIII Chain Luck
IX The Rite of Submission
X The Robes
XI The Veils
XII Use of Weaponry
XIII Freewomen of the Caste of Warriors
XIV Talunas
XV Freewomen in the Silk&Steel Tavern

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INTRODUCTION

Gorean society is populated by many different types of people of 
different caste and social status, but of all the inhabitants of the 
counter-earth, few are as fascinating and complex as are those who dwell 
within the insulae and shops, or behind walls and guards in the secret 
pleasure gardens and relaxation pools of the city, performing their 
labors, managing their households, taking their pleasures and seeing to 
the birth, maintenance and correct training of the children of Gor. I am 
speaking of the civilized Gorean freewoman, the veiled matriarch of the 
free holdings of the high cities. 

It is a difficult and perilous undertaking for a Gorean freewoman to 
maintain her status... in fact, a Gorean freewoman is expected to choose 
the option of free and honorable death rather than accept the fate of 
living in slavery. In practice, however, this rarely occurs. Few women, 
even Gorean women of high caste and social position, will willingly 
choose to suffer a grisly death rather than brave the degradations of 
bondage. Nevertheless, occasionally they do so, and the honor of such 
freewomen is exalted to the skies. It is widely said of such women that 
they were truly free in their hearts and therefore died free, and it is 
the actions of such persons which support the ancient Gorean belief that 
perhaps not ALL women were born to be enslaved. 

Most Gorean freewomen would rarely visit, much less frequent, a public 
paga tavern, as such places are, in essence, a Gorean cross between a 
strip-joint and a brothel. The men who visit such places do so because 
they have come to have sex with the slaves for the price of a cup of 
paga, or because they wish to take their ease and comfort in such a den 
of disrepute. Brawls, arguments, and killings are not uncommon in many 
such places... it is no wonder that in some cities, leagues of concerned 
freewomen have banded together in an effort to restrict and prohibit the 
existence of such establishments within the walls of their respective 
cities. Such efforts are rarely effective, however, since it is a 
well-established fact that Gorean males are most insistent upon r
etaining such places as outlets whereby they can vent their more fierce 
and primal urges upon the bodies of the serving slaves within. It is 
through the existence of such outlets that Gorean freewomen are able to 
retain their rights and status in Gorean society, for if the urges and 
needs of randy Gorean males were allowed to become pent up within them, 
perhaps no freewoman upon Gor would be safe from the collar. 

There are, however, several recorded instances of freewomen who visited 
paga taverns in the Gor books. About half the time they behaved 
foolishly and wound up enslaved, like the Lady Beverly in Rogue of Gor; 
the rest of the time they drank their paga and conducted their business 
relatively safely. It would seem that the outcome of such visits 
depended greatly upon the general attitude and behavior of the freewoman 
in question. The safety of a freewoman within a particular paga tavern 
also seems to vary according to such factors as the time of the day, the 
strength of the current batch of paga, and the location of the 
particular tavern in the city. There are good paga taverns and bad paga 
taverns, just as there are safe neighborhoods and dangerous ones. 
Normally freewomen tend to avoid the more vicious and brutal examples of 
such establishments, and can instead be found sipping ka-la-na and black 
wine in the streetside bistros of the city, or even downing kal-da in a 
well-lit public kal-da house, more often than they can be seen in the 
dim shadowy recesses of a paga tavern.

It is an unusual fact that the traditional crime of rape seldom if ever 
occurs upon Gor, at least to those women who retain their status as 
freewomen. This is due, no doubt, to the fact that to most Gorean males 
such measures are unnecessary: it is far easier and quicker to have sex 
with a collared slavegirl than to risk the wrath of the city or village 
magistrates, not to mention the male relatives of the freewoman 
involved. Since, however, it is a fairly simple thing for most Gorean 
males to capture or collar a freewoman (particularly one from another 
city), all freewomen must take great care to protect themselves from 
that particular threat. This can be accomplished in a number of 
different ways, most notably by wearing the traditional veils and robes 
of concealment.... few men would be foolish enough to collar a woman 
whose features they have not seen, and once the act of enslavement 
begins, typically there is no turning back. Another way in which a 
freewoman can protect herself is through the use of hired bodyguards, or 
by forming and maintaining platonic relationships with skilled Warriors 
who might protect her should she find herself endangered. The use of 
trained animals such as guard sleen might also be a good idea, for those 
moments when a freewoman finds herself alone in the streets or upon the 
high bridges of her city.

The pride of the freewomen of his city is very important to the typical 
Gorean warrior... in his mind, though the freewomen of other cities are 
open game to be captured for sport or profit, the freewomen who share 
his Home Stone are sacrosanct, aloof and virtuous creatures who are 
worthy of constant respect and protection. These are, after all, the 
mothers, daughters and sisters of both himself and his comrades, and are 
therefore to be treasured and respected at all costs.

The key trait a Gorean warrior expects to find in the freewomen of his 
city is "virtuous." To the Gorean mind, any woman who possesses the raw 
lust and submissive desire openly displayed by collared slavegirls 
deserves to be one, and if a freewoman's actions seem to suggest that 
she either secretly or openly wishes to be enslaved, sooner or later she 
will be called forth to disprove such accusations. Nevertheless, the 
honor in which a true freewoman is held is so great that normally 
several such offenses must be committed before she is stripped and 
collared.

A freewoman will first be warned to abstain from slave-like behavior... 
if she continues to behave so, then to the mind of the Gorean male, and 
according to the rules of Gorean society, she is actively seeking 
enslavement.
ENSLAVEMENT 

Enslavement can occur for several reasons, not the least of which is 
"slave-like" behavior. Typical examples of such behavior are openly 
admiring the bodies of male freemen, commenting upon such things in a 
sexually suggestive way, flirting lewdly or lasciviously, or repeatedly 
seeking sexual union with another who is not one's free companion. A 
Gorean freewoman is expected to behave in a ladylike fashion at all 
times... she is an object to be admired and pursued, not the pursuer in 
such relationships (at least not openly). The freewoman is graceful, 
mysterious and untouchable. The very right to look upon the delicate 
expressions and soft features of her face is a goal to be much sought 
after by others of her caste and social class. Any freewoman who 
willingly face-strips herself before the eyes of men who are not her 
personal servants or close relatives is immediately castigated by Gorean 
society as behaving in a "sluttish" fashion. Upon Gor, such "sluts" are 
immediately collared for the use and service of males. Therefore, the 
term "slut" and the term "freewoman" must be considered mutually 
exclusive of one another at all times.

Similarly a freewoman who willingly places herself into a perilous 
situation in which enslavement might be the outcome is assumed by most 
Gorean males to be "courting the collar." In such instances it is 
generally accepted practice to bestow upon the freewoman the very thing 
which she so seems to want, a brand and collar of her very own.

If at any time a freewoman loses all means of self-protection and falls 
prey to a Warrior or one who is stronger than she, she is said to be 
within the boundaries of "capture rites." If she is to be held for 
ransom, then she retains her free status... she is not branded or 
collared, though depending upon the whim of her captor she might be 
facestripped or put to sexual use. During the period of her captivity 
she does not refer to freemen as Master, but rather as "Captor." In some 
cases she is simply chained in the holding of her captor and ignored 
until she can be exchanged for ransom. Since freewomen of high caste 
typically fetch a ransom equal to or in excess of their bride price, the 
richer and more powerful her family the greater her chance of being 
ransomed. For a poor freewoman, perhaps of the peasants or a similar low 
caste, she can usually not expect such treatment. In such a case the 
freewoman in question typically may expect nothing better than either 
her enslavement, if she proves to be pleasing, or her execution if she 
is not. It is important to remember that when a Gorean city or 
settlement is conquered, typically all male survivors of that city are 
immediately put to death... in short, Goreans rarely take prisoners of 
war. When all things are considered, therefore, if her Home Stone is 
conquered, at least a freewoman has a better chance of surviving, even 
as a slave, than do the freemen of her city.
FACESTRIPPING

Perhaps the worse offense which can be performed against a freewoman is 
that of public facestripping, i.e. when the veils of a freewoman are 
removed from her by force. This is the equivalent of stripping her 
naked, though even the loss of her robes of concealment is not as great 
an insult as the loss of her veils. It is regarded as the right, duty 
and priviledge of Gorean freewomen of the high cities to remain 
veiled... even when captured by the Warriors of an enemy city, the 
freewoman will commonly be allowed to retain her veils at least until 
her final fate has been decided. The friends, bodyguards, and male 
relatives of a facestripped woman are quite willing to slay any offender 
who so degrades one of the ladies of their city... unless, of course, 
through her own actions she has indicated that she is, in the depths of 
her belly, a slave. In such a case she may expect her veils to be taken 
from her at once, and if she is fortunate she will be allowed to keep 
her life, though forevermore she will be a slave. The penalty for any 
slave caught impersonating a freeperson varies from city to city, though 
it is typically death. Not death by execution with the sword or impaling 
spear... such a death is considered an honorable one, reserved for 
freepersons only. When a slave is caught impersonating a freeperson he 
or she is typically subjected to the lowly "garbage death," wherein the 
offending slave is bound hand and foot and cast amongst the city 
carnarii (trash pits) to be devoured by urts and other carrion feeders 
at their leisure. Needless to say, a public facestripping is too be 
avoided by a Gorean freewoman at all costs.
FREEWOMEN AND SLAVEGIRLS

For some reason, many freewomen actively seem to dislike slavegirls, 
even going so far as to torment them when their Masters are not around, 
or to behave toward them in a rather cold and callous manner. This is of 
course their right as free persons, and they may in effect behave toward 
slaves in any manner that they see fit. Understand, though, that not 
only is such behavior perceived as mere jealousy on the part of the 
freewoman involved, it is also thought to suggest that the freewoman 
herself envies the position of the slave in question. As long as such 
behavior does not insult a freeperson it will be grudgingly tolerated by 
free Gorean males, unless any damage or long-term harm is inflicted upon 
the slavegirl so treated. Apart from that, slavegirls are expected to 
treat freewomen humbly at all times, as they would any other freeperson.
FREEWOMEN AND SILK SLAVES

Many Gorean freewomen possess kajiruus, or male slaves. These serve many 
purposes... often they are servants and retainers, they may be utilized 
as pack bearers or manual laborers. Often a freewoman will be borne 
through the streets of her city in a curtained palanquin carried upon 
the backs of such male slaves. In addition, the wealthier and more 
free-thinking Gorean freewoman will also have within her household one 
or more "silk slaves," male slaves chosen for their handsomeness and 
sexual vigor, who have been trained to serve a Mistress sexually. This 
is quite acceptable, unless there is a law on the city scrolls which 
prohibits such sexual congress by free females. At the present time 
there is such a law in the city codes of Ar, though most wealthy women 
in the city act in secret and circumvent it fairly easily. 
BRIDE PRICE

In order to assure the continuance of the family line as well as the 
financial security and well-being of her household, every Gorean 
freewoman is expected to be willing to subject herself to the rigors of 
a politically motivated free companionship. In such a case, the family 
of the would-be female companion is typically presented with a 
pre-arranged "bride price" upon conclusion of such a union. Often the 
dowries of such wealthy females can be quite high, and the bride price 
which is required to attain such a companionship reflects that fact: 
before her enslavement, Talena, the daughter of the Ubar Marlenus of Ar, 
was said to be worth a thousand tarns... many high-born ladies can 
expect to bring as much as even one hundred tarns, which is a 
substantial addition to any city's tarn cavalry.
FREE COMPANIONSHIP

It is commonly believed that the goal of every freewoman upon Gor is to 
arrange and maintain a lasting free companionship with a freeman of her 
choice, to dwell with him in honor and dignity, to bear his children and 
propagate their combined family line. A free companionship is typically 
contracted only after much legal wrangling and dedicated pursuit on the 
part of the male, after which a simple ceremony is held in which both 
parties interlink arms and drink the wine of free companionship from the 
same chalice, signifying that they pledge themselves solely to one 
another for the period of one year. Every year this ceremony must be 
repeated, and the companionship repledged by both parties; otherwise it 
is considered to have lapsed. This seems a wise practice when one 
considers that due to the stabilization serums, the typical Gorean 
lifespan can last several centuries or more. During the period of this 
companionship, neither party may willingly engage in sexual activity 
with another free person who is not their sworn free companion. This 
monogomy, however, does not preclude the sexual use of slaves by either 
party, provided of course such things are acceptable to both parties. 
Gorean free companionship is therefore a rather practical institution. A 
free companionship is immediately considered legally dissolved if either 
party is enslaved.
CHAIN LUCK 

"Chain Luck" is the terror of every freewoman upon Gor. It is a practice 
whereby Warriors (typically young men in search of a thrill or some 
sport) will decide on a whim to attack a city not their own, hopefully 
evading the Warriors and guardsmen of that place, and capture one or 
more freewomen to add to their chain as slaves. The name "chain luck" 
refers to the fact that due to the veils and robes of concealment worn 
by such freewomen, it is usually impossible for the Warrior in question 
to ascertain the personal attractiveness of his would-be target before 
he makes his strike. Therefore he must trust in his luck, hoping that 
his new acquisition is young and beautiful beneath her robes. Many a 
warrior has risked his life to skillfully lasso a freewoman from the 
high bridges of an enemy city only to discover that his catch has a face 
like a tharlarion and a temperment to match. It is not entirely unknown 
for Warriors to be foolish enough, or drunk enough, to practice Chain 
Luck within the environs of their own city, though typically in such 
cases either they already have a target in mind or are seeking a slave 
not for personal use but to sell her out of the city for a quick profit. 
The Warriors and bodyguards of a freewoman's household are constantly on 
the lookout for such attempts on the persons of their ladies. Woe be it 
to one who is caught practicing chain luck in his own city... if the 
lady in question is discovered by the magistrates to be free and not a 
slave, yet is taken and collared by a warrior of her own city, then it 
is considered an offense against one's Home Stone, typically punishable 
by death. The freewomen of an enemy city, however, are considered fair 
game for such activity.
THE RITE OF SUBMISSION

If at any time, or for any reason, a freewoman decides that it is in her 
best interests either to become a slave or to openly submit herself to a 
male for his protection and use, this is accomplished by the performance 
of a formal gesture of submission by which she invokes the ancient 
Gorean "rite of submission." Many freewomen would rather die than 
perform such a subserviant act. It is important that a freewoman 
understand that when this rite is invoked, there is no going back. 
Typically there are only two possible outcomes when a freewoman submits 
so; either she is enslaved and becomes the personal chattel of the male, 
his to do with as he sees fit, or she is found lacking in desirability 
by the male in question and is driven from him in disgrace. In the case
 of a Warrior, the consequences are even more dire, since a Warrior is 
not permitted by his codes to abandon the female while she is still 
alive. Therefore, most Warriors have no qualms whatsoever againsg back. 
Typically there are only two possible outcomes when a freewoman submits 
so; either she is enslaved and becomes the personal chattel of the male, 
his to do with as he sees fit, or she is found lacking in desirability 
by the male in question and is driven from him in disgrace. In the case
 of a Warrior, the consequences are even more dire, since a Warrior is 
not permitted by his codes to abandon the female while she is still 
alive. Therefore, most Warriors have no qualms whatsoever against 
putting the submitting female to death on the spot. Indeed, to a 
Warrior's mind, it is better by far to take the supplicant's life than 
to abandon her to be randomly enslaved by the first person who comes 
along. Believe it or not, in such a situation a Warrior is acting to 
preserve the honor of the former freewoman and her caste and family.

The way the rite is invoked is this: the freewoman typically facestrips 
herself, publicly announces that she willingly submits to the individual 
she has chosen, and then assumes "the Position of Female Submission," 
wherein the freewoman kneels at her captor's feet and leans her body 
back, sitting upon her heels, with her arms extended upward, crossed at 
the wrists, and her head beneath them lowered in supplication. 

If the male accepts her, she becomes his slave and forfeits all titles, 
rank and property immediately. If he does not, she accepts the 
consequences of her actions, even if it means her death.

It should be obvious that a freewoman does not invoke the Rite of 
Submission hastily or without much consideration, as the very act can 
cost her her life.
THE ROBES

While in the privacy of her own home, in the company of those of her 
family, a freewoman will often affect a fairly relaxed and comfortable 
mode of clothing herself; indeed, under such conditions and behind the 
closed doors of her household it would be not only difficult for a 
fret 
putting the submitting female to death on the spot. Indeed, to a 
Warrior's mind, it is better by far to take the supplicant's life than 
to abandon her to be randomly enslaved by the first person who comes 
along. Believe it or not, in such a situation a Warrior is acting to 
preserve the honor of the former freewoman and her caste and family.

The way the rite is invoked is this: the freewoman typically facestrips 
herself, publicly announces that she willingly submits to the individual 
she has chosen, and then assumes "the Position of Female Submission," 
wherein the freewoman kneels at her captor's feet and leans her body 
back, sitting upon her heels, with her arms extended upward, crossed at 
the wrists, and her head beneath them lowered in supplication. 

If the male accepts her, she becomes his slave and forfeits all titles, 
rank and property immediately. If he does not, she accepts the 
consequences of her actions, even if it means her death.

It should be obvious that a freewoman does not invoke the Rite of 
Submission hastily or without much consideration, as the very act can 
cost her her life.
THE ROBES

While in the privacy of her own home, in the company of those of her 
family, a freewoman will often affect a fairly relaxed and comfortable 
mode of clothing herself; indeed, under such conditions and behind the 
closed doors of her household it would be not only difficult for a 
freewoman to wear the strictly moderated and highly ornate garments of 
her caste, it would be simply ludicrous. She is, after all, a Gorean 
woman, well accustomed to the scanty fashions and brief garments worn by 
both the men and women of that savage planet. In the pleasure gardens of 
her home a freewoman dresses for attractiveness, comfort and 
functionality, and some of her outfits can be revealing to say the 
least. However, once beyond the safety and protection of her house walls 
she wisely dons garments which are more suited for platonic interaction 
with the dangerous men or body. A quilted or brocade headpiece, similar to the arab 
kafiyeh, is worn pinned or buttoned in place to cover her head, and 
drapes to the shoulders. The various veils are then attached over the 
wearer's face through the use of pins and ties, completing the ensemble. 
A freewoman may wear slippers or even close-fitting boots beneath her 
robes, and it is also the custom for women of extremely high rank to 
wear ornate platform shoes which increase her height by as much as ten 
inches. Such adornments as those are normally worn only within doors, 
however, since they are exceedingly difficult to walk in over uneven 
surfaces. A wealthy freewoman typically wears much jewelry, consisting 
of brooches, medallions and chains of office and rank, rings and 
armlets. Many freewomen are very careful about wearing wristlets and 
bangles of precious metal, however, or even close fitting necklaces and 
especially ornamental "chokers." Such jewelry is thought by many to be 
an ornamental derivative of the collar and slave-bracelets of a kajira, 
therefore it is almost never worn by the suitably cautious freewoman,
 and under no circumstances will a freewoman wear any sort of jewelry or 
even a tied scarf about her left ankle, since the left ankle is 
universally acknowledged by Goreans as the "slave ankle," and any sort 
of adornment there by a freewoman is unthinkable. Her avoidance of such 
jewelry is part of her ongoing effort to distance herself from women who 
have fallen to bondage. 
THE VEILS

A freewoman will, depending upon the customs of her household and city, 
wear up to five separate veils simultaneously, each with a different 
purpose of concealment. These veils range in function from thin, gauzy 
ones worn close to the skin, all the way up to the heavily brocaded 
street veils worn by freewomen upon the streets and in the public 
gathering places of her city. The five basic veils worn by freewomen 
are, in the order they are donned: the last veil, the veil of the 
citizeness, the pride veil, the house veil, and the street veil.

The Last Veil: the innermost of the five veils worn by free women; it is 
worn under the veil of the citizeness, and is often very sheer. Also 
known as the "privacy veil" or "modesty veil," it is worn in all places 
except within the private chambers of the freewoman.

The Veil of the Citizeness: the second of the veils worn by free women; 
worn under t Veil: the outermost veil worn by free women; worn over the 
house veil when leaving the house; typically a heavy, fitted 
face-covering of thick brocaded or quilted cloth, equipped with numerous 
pins and fastening devices.
USE OF WEAPONRY

There are no restrictions upon the weaponry owned and used by freewomen, 
apart from the general prohibition of technological items sanctioned by 
the Priest Kings. Nevertheless, the freewomen of the larger and more 
civilized cities of Gor seldom carry weaponry which cannot easily be 
concealed. The two primary weapons in use by such women are the dagger 
and the poisoned needle, both of which can be secreted among the many 
folds of her robes and drawn forth for use at a moment's notice. In 
fact, most Gorean freewomen spend many hours practicing such movements, 
knowing that a moment's hesitation may one day make the difference for 
them between a life of ease and honor or a life of imbonditude. Bladed 
hair combs and the long, razor sharp pins which hold her many veils in 
place are often used by the freewoman in such an instance. In general, 
the typical Gorean freewoman doesn't carry a weapon large enough to be 
perceived beneath her robes... she knows that there is little chance she 
will prevail in open combat against a trained Warrior. Her weapons are 
of stealth and surprise, combined with the desperate desire to remain 
free at all costs.
FREEWOMEN OF THE CASTE OF WARRIORS

The freewomen born into the Caste of Warriors on Gor are quite similar 
in most respects to those of other castes, except perhaps they are 
fiercer and more handy with their weapons. This is an understandable 
by-product caused by residing in a house that is constantly full of 
warriors in training. It should be remembered that in order for a 
Warrior to actually don the scarlet of his caste, he must first be 
affirmed by the high council of his city. Few, if any, women are ever 
accorded that honor, though that circumstance is possibly caused more by 
tradition that by lack of potential or ability. Female combatants are 
not unknown upon Gor, especially among the more open-minded denizens of 
the southern hemisphere, but they are still rare enough to be considered 
a social aberration when they do come into being. In general, Gorean 
females can do pretty much anything male Goreans can, though most Gorean 
women don't bother. The sheer difficulty of maintaining her freedom 
amidst a clashing army of warriors is more than enough incentive for 
most Gorean women to abandon any such personal thoughts of bloodlust and 
single combat and retreat within the walls of her home city, where her 
precarious social status is more easily safeguarded. The freewomen of 
the Wagon Peoples and Red Savages are occasionally known to take up arms 
and fight beside their male brethren; there have been recorded instances 
of Turian women who have fought in combat upon kaillaback, and of course 
if severely pressed every freewoman is expected to pitch in to defend 
her Home Stone. Nevertheless, the concept of an actual female Warrior 
wearing the scarlet in one of the major city-states of Gor (Ar, 
Ko-ro-ba, Tharna, Thentis, Treve, Port Kar, Cos, Tyros, Lydius, Laura) 
is almost completely unknown. 
TALUNAS

Talunas are the fabled panther-girls of the northern forests, such bands 
being comprised of runaway slaves and the occasional freewoman who has 
fled from the dictates of Gorean society and taken up residence amidst 
the primitive camps of the unexplored woodlands. The panther-girls are 
fierce fighters when encountered, since they can expect only enslavement 
or death upon capture. Their weapons of choice are slim spears, 
shortbows and hunting knives, and they make do by trading with outlaws 
and the inhabitants of certain outlying settlements for metal and other 
difficult to obtain supplies, and by hunting and trapping game in the 
wild. They are free-women in the technical sense of the term, since they 
are not enslaved and have little or no discourse with civilized Gorean 
society. They are a rare breed and are cautious about accepting 
newcomers to their ranks... those who seek them out and are found 
lacking in necessary survival skills are commonly captured by them and 
sold as slaves in trade for civilized foodstuffs and items of equipment. 
There are no Talunas in any of the major city-states, including Ar. If a 
panther-girl ventured that far into civilized territory, she would 
undoubtedly be enslaved upon sight.
FREEWOMEN IN THE SILK&STEEL TAVERN
A few suggestions and notes on expected behavior:

Remember your status! A freewoman is proud, but she does not challenge 
or insult. To do so is to invite a face-stripping. The tavern is 
typically full of Warriors, and one of the things that Warriors do is 
collar and enslave freewomen. To draw attention to yourself by making 
yourself a nuisance to such men is foolhardy to say the least. Be 
attractive, witty, graceful, and behave with honor, and you will be 
treated with the respect due to one your station.

The Warriors of the tavern will protect you from overzealous Masters in 
search of a slave, as long as you do not actively provoke such unwanted 
attention. The laws of the city of Ar are considered to be in effect at 
all times, and those laws are quite specific regarding the disposition 
of freewomen who invite enslavement.

Act like a slave, and you will wind up as one. Behave like the lady you 
are, and enjoy the respect and honor of Gorean males. Your choice. 

A Gorean freewoman does not draw a weapon against another tavern patron 
unless she is under attack. Beware! According to his codes, to draw a 
weapon against a member of the Warrior Caste is to place yourself within 
his capture rites. This includes drawing weapons and placing them on a 
table or displaying such objects in a threatening manner to others in 
the room, without suitable provocation.

There are no talunas (panther girls) in the city of Ar. All freewomen in 
the city are expected to wear the robes of concealment and veil 
themselves in public at all times. This is not Tharna, where few if any 
freewomen are allowed, nor is it Ko-ro-ba, where the laws of freewomen's 
fashion are somewhat lax... this is Ar.

A Gorean freewoman may own and use slaves, both male and female, as she 
sees fit. However, at the present time there is a city ordinance in Ar 
which prohibits the sexual use of male slaves by freewomen of that city, 
on penalty of enslavement. In such cases the general policy of the 
Silk&Steel Tavern is "won't ask, don't tell." Of course, if you are not 
of Ar, then you are exempt from this rule. Remember however that those 
freewomen not of Ar might fall prey to chain luck while visiting the 
city if they are not careful. Extreme caution is advised. 

The Tavern Management does not suggest that you get drunk while visiting 
our establishment. If you do allow yourself to become too inebriated to 
defend yourself, then all bets are off.

Tal, freewoman, and welcome! Guard yourself well and drink with us to 
the honor of all who would remain free upon Gor!

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Special Thanks to Lady Aslana for contributing her unique view on this 
subject. Thanks also to Endeara, Chocho, Shifther, MIladi, and the many 
other proud freewomen who have graced our tavern, and who wisely kept 
their veils firmly in place. They know us Warriors all too well. : )
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