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| 18 | 474 | Like other aspects of the View more quotes about garment">garment, its brevity, simplicity and such, it has its meaning, its role and symbolism. |
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| 18 | 471 | Similarly, naturally, there is no nether closure in such a tunic, as one of the purposes of such a tunic is to remind the slave that she is to be instantly, readily available to men. |
| 18 | 472 | Perhaps a word might be added with respect to this matter. |
| 18 | 473 | It is not an accident, of course. |
| 18 | 474 | Like other aspects of the garment, its brevity, simplicity and such, it has its meaning, its role and symbolism. |
| 18 | 475 | The slave is, you see, to be instantly available to men; her inviting, luscious intimacies, so sweet and warm between her thighs, belong not to her but to the master; she is not a free woman who may wrap and bundle herself, and shield and guard herself; she is a slave and thus she is to be instantly, vulnerably, readily accessible to men; she is no more than an object or toy, no more than a possession, no more than a lovely animal, subject to the least whim and convenience of masters. |
| 18 | 476 | Does not the tunic make such things clear to her? In such a garment she is well aware of her vulnerability; she lives in a state of sexual awareness, and often, whether in despite of her wishes or not, she finds herself in a state of helpless sexual arousal. |
| 18 | 477 | Men, it seems, respect free women, but seek slaves, they venerate the citizeness, but it is we whom they buy; they esteem the free woman but it is we whom they rope and leash, and lead home. |