"But there is much to be said for the whip. It is perhaps the simplest, most practical device for such purposes. It is also traditional. Also, of course, it has symbolic value."
- MAGICIANS OF GOR, Pg. 467
"It is a symbol of authority, and an instrument of discipline. The slave is subject to it. Some masters think it is useful to occassionally use it on a slave, if only to remind her that she is a slave."
- MAGICIANS OF GOR, Pg. 466
The "Kurt" or five-bladed Gorean slave whip is a commonly used, and very effective form of punishment. So long as it is used properly it will not mark the flesh of the slave, but will cause flashes of intense, burning pain. Often, when a girl is first collared, she will be given an initiatory whipping so that she might know what such feels like against her skin. Usually, once a girl has felt the lash of the Kurt, she will swiftly seek to be pleasing in any possible way, rather than face the whip again. The Kurt is normally hung in open view within a household for just such a reason, that the slave might continually see the lash, and not forget what it is like to feel it. Its open presence is also symbolic of the house being ruled by the owner, it being "under the master's whip."
"One blow of the whip is worth six months of coaxing."
- MAGICIANS OF GOR, Pg. 42
Whipping on Gor is not done for sexual pleasure, as Goreans do not face the contradictions and frustrations which breed this form of environment, and the resulting desire. Whipping is done for discipline and correction, and is not normally something a slave girl will ever seek. Some kajirae who have grown deeply accustomed to their slavery will sometimes relish the use of the whip, if not the feel, but this is not due to any form of responding sexual pleasure or release. In such uncommon cases, the whip is telling the girl in a very clear way that she is owned, a slave, an animal, and she is mastered. The strike of the whip and the pain caused is not enjoyed, but the knowledge that she is so deeply owned, shown in very real terms by the lash, is comforting and happily accepted, even as she is being punished. It in a sense reinforces what her mind and body have already come to gladly accept, that her very being is slave to men.
"On Gor, slave girls live in terror of that whip. It is designed for the female slave, to correct her behavior with great effectiveness while not leaving lasting traces which might reduce her value."
- MAGICIANS OF GOR, Pg. 42
"A whip, of course, is not absolutely necessary. There are many other means of enforcing discipline."
- MAGICIANS OF GOR, Pg. 466