| The Gorean Paradox |
As with any society or philosophy there is confliction, even on our beloved Gor. In the Gorean "way of life" there is slight confusion or room for misunderstanding, there is room for choice, and there is allowance of ones own interpretation of the written word. The basic philosophy or natural order is not in dispute here. We all conform to the belief that it is a mans world, and girls know their place. That is how it should be. For us, that is how it is. Below there are some quotes, some stand alone and some together as comparison. Some are even the ultimate oxy-moronic statements, that most; with out feeling the duality of the expressed emotion would never understand. |
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| "Paradoxically, the Gorean, who seems to think so little of women in some respects, celebrates them extravagantly in others. The Gorean is extremely sensitive to beauty; it gladdens his heart and his songs and art are often paeans to its glory." Outlaws of Gor, p54 |
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| "No woman is worth anything until she is put in a collar. None of them have any worth until they are made worthless." Players of Gor, p56 |
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| "Is it not a paradox? Men need us in order to bring about a world in which we may be scorned and disregarded�..Men seldom recall whom it was who brought them the fruits of victory." Beasts of Gor, p.31 |
| "The glory of the kajira is that she is a slave; and the misery of a kajira is that she is a slave." Beasts of Gor, p.56 |
| "But a Gorean Master will know every inch, and care for every inch of one of his slave girls. He will know every hair, every sweet blemish on her. In a way she is nothing to him, for she is only slave. But in another way she is very important to him. She is one of his women. He will want to know her completely, every inch of her body, every inch of her mind. Nothing less will satisfy him. She is his property. He will choose to know his property thoroughly." Hunters of Gor, p.145 |
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| � though I am slave,� she said, �yet for the first time in my life, I am free." Nomads of Gor, p.303 |
| "the slave girl experiences a paradox of freedom; the free woman is physically free, but miserable, fighting to be what she is not; the slave girl, physically in bondage, even to the collar, sometimes chains, is given no choice by men but to be totally and precisely what she is, slave; such women, the slave girls, interestingly, are almost always joyful and vital; they are, paradoxically, in their feelings and emotions, liberated; they are not pinched, not psychologically restrained; why this should be I do not know; to see such women, their heads high, their eyes bright, their bodies, their movements, beautiful, as no Earth woman would dare to be, is quite pleasurable" Tribesmen of Gor, p.42 |
| "Myths say that only the woman who has been an utter slave can be truly free."\ Nomads of Gor, p.289 |
| "Only in a collar can a woman be truly free." Tribesmen of Gor, p.75 |
| "I considered the unilaterality of the master/slave relationship. All power is with the master." Magicians of Gor, p.127 ~Vs.~ "Not too unusual�where the master, in effect, willingly wears the collar, and his lovely slave, by the practice of the delightful wiles of her sex, with scandalous success wheedles her way triumphantly from the satisfaction of one whim to the next." Outlaw of Gor, p.54 |
| "A slave's gratitude is nothing, as are slaves." Savages of Gor, p.9 ~Vs.~ "Most masters, incidentally, enjoy talking with their slaves, immensely; after all, the slave is not a mere contractual partner, in effect, a business associate; she is a prized possession; she is a treasure, and she is all one's own." Blood Brothers of Gor, p.246 |
| "A slave girl is a delight to a man; she is extremely prized and precious; that the day of her acquisition should be celebrated each month with special ceremonies and rites is not surprising. These numerous anniversaries are deliciously celebrated, as they may be with a girl who is only a slave, and seldom forgotten; should such an anniversary be forgotten, should it be such that it is commonly celebrated, the girl redoubles her efforts to please, fearing she is to be soon sold. " Slave Girl of Gor, p.66 |
| "When I had questioned her, Lara had said to me that only when true love is learned is the Free Companionship possible, and that some women can learn love only in chains." Outlaw of Gor, p.250 ~Vs.~ "A woman, I had learned, must choose between freedom and love." Slave Girl of Gor, p.412 |
| "It is not unusual for a Master to free one of his slave girls in order that she may share the full privileges of Free Companionship." Outlaw of Gor, p.54 ~Vs.~ "Gorean men, on the whole, do not free slaves. The freeing of a girl is almost unheard of. This makes sense. They are not free women. They are belongings, valuables, slaves, treasures. Who discards precious possessions, who surrenders treasures? If the slave girl were worth less perhaps she would be freed more. She is too marvelous to free; and if she is not marvelous, she can be slain. Too, what man who has known the glory and joy of a girl at his feet is likely to wish to exchange that for the inconvenience and bother of a free woman? No, slave girls, for all practical purposes, are not freed. They will remain in one collar or another. Men will have it that way." Explorers of Gor , p.90 |
| �There is no freer nor higher nor more beautiful woman,� I said, �than the Gorean Free Companion." Nomads of Gor, p.290 ~Vs.~ "Any beauty a free woman has, for example, is enhanced a thousandfold when she becomes a slave." Players of Gor, p.92 |
| "According to the Gorean way of thinking pity humiliates both he who pities and he who is pitied. According to the Gorean way, one may love but one may not pity. Outlaws of Gor, p 31 ~Vs.~ "You may judge and scorn the Goreans if you wish. Know as well, however, that they judge and scorn you. They fulfill themselves as you do not. Hate them for their pride and power. They will pity you for your shame and weakness." Beasts of Gor, p.11 |
| This was written with the intention of merely bringing up quotes written in the books, These are some of the conflicting thoughts or feelings that may not be addressed on a regular basis. This is by no means a personal attack on anyone, it is solely meant to bring a different point of view not right or wrong, just hopefully different. |
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