The Gorean Voice - May 1999

Free Women of Gor
by Nyre

The Game Of Favors...

There is a carnival of sorts that occurs in Port-Kar. During this carnival, it is said that sometimes Freewomen run naked, through the streets. The only difference is, a Master must touch the the inside of her thigh to determine if she is indeed kajira. It is a time where Men pass botas of paga between one another sharing a drink. Great tents are set up, purple in color to entice visitors, and wanderers to enter at whim. Anything and everything is sold at such a carnival.

"Here it seemed there were a thousand things for sale and a hundred shows. Sweating men, stripped to the waist, with wands tipped with cylinders of oil drenched,flaming wool, appeared to swallow fire. Jugglers performed awesome tricks with rings, balls, and sticks. Clowns tumbled; acrobats spun and leapt, and climbed on one another, until, allbetted, by the gravity of Gor, they swayed thirty feet above the crowd. One man somersualted on a strand of tarn wire strung between two posts. Another fellow had a dancing sleen."

(Players of Gor, page 41)

Masks are common through the carnival days. Indeed they are not unknown on Gor in general. Players of Gor; states highway men, and brigades have often used them to conceal. So imagine a great scape of many tents billowing under a starry sky, with patrons, and property taking in such delights. Property wandering behind their Masters, the gleem of slave bracelets fittign in absolution to small wrists. The gallantry of banners, and merriment echoing into the night.

Then picture your proud, arrogent Free woman slipping through the streets touching, dancing, playing and yes granting ten favours, to the Free Men, she so fears. Breathing in the scent of the slave racks, the tethers used to restrain wrists and ankles in perfect place. The taste of slavery in her mouth, screaming from her flesh, in a grand game of hidden secrets. Only ten favours will she give dancing on the fringe of slavery, enticing her own thoughts.

I am telling this story because it common place for Free men to call out, you are slave to Free woman and perhaps they are right. Who are we to know. Yet if all the Freewoman sadly were gone, would it truly make a difference to the spirit, the very base philosphy of Gor. Where Norman flushes us with a multitude of characters and images that survive together. I am sure, there are many who take the veils, the robes and hide within them. However I am very sure there are women that do not. That Men, and slaves acknowledge as Free. Nothing more, nothing less. Should we take an example of a really confused woman and apply her actions to all. That if one Master has a bitter taste in his mouth from a past occurance, that again all Free women are nothing more then slave. Should we give up the right to be arrogent, and Free. Proud, and feared by slave girls. The right to also sit with Men, to learn that which they would grant us. Should we give up the reality that as we love Gor, we live in reality of a society that does not allow slavery. Does not allow even the small sexual act of oral sex in most states. What will be the cost extracted from you, Free women, that put forth effort, and respect, and care to those we call Gorean. Will it be ridicule, or slave bantering, and tricks with words. I think not. It will extract the very best, and the very strong, of women, that accept they dont have the answers to all. That they too are people, just as our men, and just as a slave girl feels discovering her belly. We are a communinty, we are small. We are the best that we can be, we are the heart of philopshy. A philosphy called Gor.

and a guest appearance by Rakella
Is there a place for Free Women online?
Why those who would be Free Women come to Gor.

I do not know if there is a place for Free Women on ircGor, I don’t even know if there is a place for her in offline Gor. But I think I have the faintest glimpse of why Free Women are attracted to Gor. It’s one of the few places where men exist.

As the women of earth have become more and more liberated so have the men become less and less manly. While we do not feel the proverbial fire in our bellies and while we feel we could never be slaves, we are still attracted by a strong man. This attraction stems does not from the desire to serve or to please, but from the sheer charisma that a strong man generates. Be it Physical or Mental, strength is power and women find it captivating to watch a man exert his skill.

Women of earth have struggled to be the equal of men for many decades (because they were attracted by what men represented strength, power, and skill). But by an unexpected twist of events while we strove to emulate men (I often wonder if this was not an effort to make them proud of us?), the men were regressing. Men started opening up to their feminine side… exploring their emotions. Sometimes it seems to me that we did not so much become equal to men, but that men have become equal to women.

In the heat of competition I’m afraid the concept of feminism was lost… The challenge was not met. While women were saying, “I can do anything you can” men revealed a side of their nature women had not suspected. Instead of standing their ground to meet the challenge, they stepped back in illogical fear that we might succeed. They revised their ideals, attitude and turned in their manhood… Failing to understand that I can do anything you can… is not the same as saying I can be a man too.

Women on the other hand viewed this as a victory… it was not… it was utter defeat we lost men and we lost women. As men stepped away from their roles, women rushed forward to fill the empty spaces (In case you are wondering the spaces are still empty for the most). Now you have a race where roles are unbalanced for women are playing at being men and men are discovering their feminine side…

Both are utterly dissatisfied with their self appointed prisons. Everyone searches for the meaning of his or her lives. What emerged was a society where there were no men and no women just people. With no clear definition of the sexes anymore, the result is chaos.

While many of us have no desire to become slaves, we also have lack the desire to be Mistresses… (Most of us being the key words here) to have little puppy eyes men that we lead around on a leash… we want Men… real men… and those are sadly lacking in our society.

Men who know the meaning or words like courage, honor, integrity, truth, honesty and pride… Instead we have men who know the meaning of the word blame “blame my parents, my upbringing, my father, the drinks, first love, last love, wife, neighborhood, etc. “ blame it on anything but me, I’m not responsible for my actions. (NB. Men by no mean have the monopoly on the blame syndrome). What I see is a whole race refusing to take responsibility for their actions.

So that is how, we Free Women come to Gor, to find and enjoy the company of Men, men who know they are men, who act like men and treat women (be they free or slaves) like women. We are here because here there still be men, who know the meaning of the words honor, courage, integrity, truth, honesty, pride and most of all they know the meaning of the word woman (They may not understand us but they know that a woman is a woman).

You could say that, well this is why slaves come here too… yes but not from the same need. Both slaves and Free women come here for the Nature of the men they encounter, but they seek different things from them. A slave and a Free Woman are both women but have different needs that seek fulfillment, both want to be treated like women. Each need a man, but to fill a different place and space in their lives. Slaves seek out the Master and Free Woman seeks out a companion. Both seek a Man a real one a strong one. A Free woman hopes to find a Man that will understand that even though she is not a slave she is still a woman, she hopes that he will treat her as such.

Respectfully :)
Rakella Free Woman Scribe of Port Kar