Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 40 | Needless to say, View more quotes about barbarians">barbarians are generally at the bottom of this social order. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 37 | Interestingly, there is a sort of culture of a market, and different markets have different cultures, so to speak. |
| 24 | 38 | 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. |
| 24 | 39 | 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. |
| 24 | 40 | Needless to say, barbarians are generally at the bottom of this social order. |
| 24 | 41 | Markets also differ with respect to the behaviors required of, or allowed to, the slaves. |
| 24 | 42 | 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. |
| 24 | 43 | On the other hand, we were much left to our own devices, and when a prosperous looking gentleman or a handsome, dashing fellow was in the vicinity the rings frequently became more active. |
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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.
On the other hand, we were much left to our own devices, and when a prosperous looking gentleman or a handsome, dashing fellow was in the vicinity the rings frequently became more active.
- (Quarry of Gor)