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Slim though her chances might be to escape wild beasts or slavers, they would be greater than the chance of escaping the wrath of the Priest-Kings. I had seen a man die the Flame Death, the High Initiate of Ar on the summit of Ar’s Cylinder of Justice, consumed in the sudden burst of blue fire that bespoke the displeasure of the Priest-Kings. It would be to invite the Flame Death of the Priest-Kings for one or the other, perhaps both of us. If she were of Ko-ro-ba, I knew that I could not, for her own welfare, stay with her or help her. The thought ran through my head, no stone may stand upon another stone. Had her protectors been killed? Was she perhaps an escaped slave, fleeing from a hated master? Could she be, like myself, an exile from Ko-ro-ba? Its peoples have been scattered, I said to myself, and no two stones and no two men of Ko-ro-ba may stand again side by side. The women of Ko-ro-ba might even be found sitting unattended in the theater or at the reading of epics.

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Indeed, in Ko-ro-ba, a woman might even leave her quarters without first obtaining the permission of a male relative or the Free Companion, a freedom which was unusual on Gor. To be sure, in certain cities, as had been the case in Ko-ro-ba, women were permitted status within the caste system and had a relatively unrestricted existence. I thought that much of the barbarity of Gor might perhaps be traced to this foolish suppression of the fair sex, whose gentleness and intelligence might have made such a contribution in softening her harsh ways. I rejoiced that in at least one city on Gor the free women were not expected to wear the Robes of Concealment, confine their activities largely to their own quarters, and speak only to their blood relatives and, eventually, the Free Companion. Normally, of men, only a father and a husband may look upon the woman unveiled.įree women on Gor do not travel attended by only a single warrior, not of their own free will.

The Robes of Concealment, in function, resemble the garments of Muslim women on my own planet, though they are undoubtedly more intricate and cumbersome. Many of the free women of Gor and almost always those of High Caste wear the Robes of Concealment, though, of course, their garments are seldom as complex or splendidly wrought as those of a Ubar’s daughter. I realized that she had spoken to me as a free woman, using my name. This should help to clearify many missunderstandings about the role of a woman on Gor.

This article is a list of quotes from the Gor novelles referring to free women, their difference to slaves and their status and rights.

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