Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 431 | View more quotes about indeed">Indeed they cannot even pass on the gens name. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 428 | These women, in effect, breed for slaves. |
| 24 | 429 | Too, there is a common Gorean belief that females are natural slaves, a belief for which there is much evidence, incidentally, and in the light of this belief some families would rather sell a daughter than raise her. |
| 24 | 430 | Too, of course, daughters, unlike sons, are seldom economic assets to the family. |
| 24 | 431 | Indeed they cannot even pass on the gens name. |
| 24 | 432 | They can retain it in companionship, if they wish, if suitable contractual arrangements are secured, but they cannot pass it on. |
| 24 | 433 | The survival of the name and the continuance of the patrilineal line are important to many Goreans. |
| 24 | 434 | "Stand straight," he said to Boabissia. |
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These women, in effect, breed for slaves.
Too, there is a common Gorean belief that females are natural slaves, a belief for which there is much evidence, incidentally, and in the light of this belief some families would rather sell a daughter than raise her.
Too, of course, daughters, unlike sons, are seldom economic assets to the family.
Indeed they cannot even pass on the gens name.
They can retain it in companionship, if they wish, if suitable contractual arrangements are secured, but they cannot pass it on.
The survival of the name and the continuance of the patrilineal line are important to many Goreans.
"Stand straight," he said to Boabissia.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)