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They liberally exchange their favors for coins, pins, badges, beads, medals, brooches, and such, which they commonly hang on their belts. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 16, Sentence #118)

In order that what follows might be more easily grasped, let me give a brief account of certain aspects of the culture of several of the living islands, of which we may take Isle of Seleukos to be typical. The young women of many such islands, villages, or stations, seek the status, security, honor, and pleasures, of the companionship. Thus, they seek to enhance their innate desirability, which is often considerable, by accumulating what is, in effect, a personal dowry. They liberally exchange their favors for coins, pins, badges, beads, medals, brooches, and such, which they commonly hang on their belts. In this way they not only proclaim their interest in, and eligibility for, the companionship, but make clear, given the weight and value of the belt, both their allure and likely prowess. I made my way carefully amongst fondling couples. I feared that my quest for a suitable informant, given the general busyness of the afternoon, might come to naught. - (Avengers of Gor)