Society
On Earth you had the society at your back, the result of centuries of feminization; he could not so much as speak harshly to you but you could rush away or summon magistrates; here however, society is not at your back, but at his; it will abet him in his wishes, for you are only a slave; you will have no one to call, no where to run; you will be alone with him, and at his mercy. Further, he has not been conditioned with counterinstinctual value sets, programmed with guilt, taught self-hatred; he has been taught pride and has, in the very air he breathes, imbibed the mastery of females. These are different strong, and they are hard, and they will conquer you. For a man of Earth, you might never be a woman. For a man of Gor, I assure you, my dear, sooner or later you will be." Tribesmen of Gor p 12
The first time a slave runs away she is commonly only beaten. Many girls, when they first go into a collar, do not realize that escape, for practical purposes, is impossible for them, or how easily, commonly, they can be picked up and caught. The practical possibility of escape is a function of several factors. Perhaps one of the most important among them is the close nature of Gorean society. In such a society it is difficult to establish false identities. Other factors which might be a are the support of the society for slavery, the absence of a place to run, so to speak, and the relentlessness with slaves are commonly sought. Other factors are such as the distinctive garb of the slave, the encirclement of neck with a collar and the fact that her body is marked t a brand. The best that a slave can commonly hope for is she might fall into the power of a new master. The usual punishment girl's second attempt at escape is hamstring the severing of the tendons behind the knees. This doesn’t completely immobilize the girl, for she may still, for example, drag herself about by her hands. Such girls are sometimes used as beggars, sometimes distributed about a city by wagon in morning, and then picked up again at night, with what earnings they may have managed to obtain during the day.
Kajira of Gor p 203
It is supposedly a time of freedom," I said. "Thus why should a good fellow of Ar object if a flute girl sits in a given fashion? Is not everyone to be permitted anything?" "No," said Marcus, "freedom is for the free. Others are to be kept in line, and exactly so. Society depends on divisions and order, each element stabilized perfectly in its harmonious relationship with all others." "You do not believe, then," I asked, "that everyone is the same, or must be supposed to be such, despite all evidence to the contrary, and that society thrives best as a distorted struggle?" Marcus looked at me, startled. "No," I said. "I see that you do not." "Do you believe such?" he asked. "No," I said. "Not any more."
Magicians of Gor pg 112
