Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 113 | View more quotes about similarly">Similarly the robes of concealment worn by many Gorean women are doubtless dictated by similar sentiments. |
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 110 | The woman at the counter had been veiled, as is common with Gorean women, particularly those of high caste and of the high cities. |
| 4 | 111 | Many Gorean women, in their haughtiness and pride, do not choose to have their features exposed to the common view. |
| 4 | 112 | They are too fine and noble to be looked upon by the casual rabble. |
| 4 | 113 | Similarly the robes of concealment worn by many Gorean women are doubtless dictated by similar sentiments. |
| 4 | 114 | On the other hand veiling is a not impractical modesty in a culture in which capture, and the chain and the whip are not unknown. |
| 4 | 115 | One justification for the veiling and for the robes of concealment, which is not regarded as inconsiderable, is that it is supposed to provide something of a protection against abduction and predation. |
| 4 | 116 | Who would wish to risk his life, it is said, to carry off a woman who might, when roped to a tree and stripped, turn out to be as ugly as a tharlarion? Slave girls, by contrast, are almost never permitted veils. |
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The woman at the counter had been veiled, as is common with Gorean women, particularly those of high caste and of the high cities.
Many Gorean women, in their haughtiness and pride, do not choose to have their features exposed to the common view.
They are too fine and noble to be looked upon by the casual rabble.
Similarly the robes of concealment worn by many Gorean women are doubtless dictated by similar sentiments.
On the other hand veiling is a not impractical modesty in a culture in which capture, and the chain and the whip are not unknown.
One justification for the veiling and for the robes of concealment, which is not regarded as inconsiderable, is that it is supposed to provide something of a protection against abduction and predation.
Who would wish to risk his life, it is said, to carry off a woman who might, when roped to a tree and stripped, turn out to be as ugly as a tharlarion? Slave girls, by contrast, are almost never permitted veils.
- (Rogue of Gor)