Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 115 | One justification for the veiling and for the View more quotes about robes">robes of concealment, which is not regarded as inconsiderable, is that it is supposed to provide something of a protection against abduction and predation. |
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 4 | 117 | Similarly they are usually clad in such a way that their charms are manifest and obvious to even the casual onlooker. |
| 4 | 118 | This, aside from having such utilities as reminding the girls that they are total slaves and giving pleasure to the men who look upon them, is supposed to make them, rather than free women, the desiderated objects of capture and rapine. |
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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.
Similarly they are usually clad in such a way that their charms are manifest and obvious to even the casual onlooker.
This, aside from having such utilities as reminding the girls that they are total slaves and giving pleasure to the men who look upon them, is supposed to make them, rather than free women, the desiderated objects of capture and rapine.
- (Rogue of Gor)