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If they are permitted to speak, on the shelf, or, more significantly, in the holding areas, a social hierarchy soon materializes, with leaders, and, say, subordinates, lieutenants, so to speak, followed by followers in their rankings, and then followers with their followers, and so on, and then, eventually, drudges, nondescripts, nonentities, outcasts, and such. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 24, Sentence #39)

They might then share views, and comment on the goods. Interestingly, there is a sort of culture of a market, and different markets have different cultures, so to speak. For example, the slaves might or might not be permitted to speak to one another, either on the shelf or not, or in the holding areas or not, when not on the shelf. If they are permitted to speak, on the shelf, or, more significantly, in the holding areas, a social hierarchy soon materializes, with leaders, and, say, subordinates, lieutenants, so to speak, followed by followers in their rankings, and then followers with their followers, and so on, and then, eventually, drudges, nondescripts, nonentities, outcasts, and such. Needless to say, barbarians are generally at the bottom of this social order. Markets also differ with respect to the behaviors required of, or allowed to, the slaves. In the market in which I was now displayed we were not required to accost passersby, to call attention to our charms, to wheedle a purchasing, to suggest the delights which might await a buyer, to call out, "Buy me, Master," and so on. - (Quarry of Gor)