"A FreeWoman does not learn overnight how to behave. She
learns from childhood. The Gorean girl is, even if free,
accustomed to slavery; she knows that she is weaker than
men and what this can mean; she knows that cities fall,
and caravans are plundered; she knows she might even, by a
sufficiently old warrior, be captured in her own quarters.
The Gorean girl is literally educated, fortunately or not,
to the notion that it is of great importance to know how to
please men. This prepares a girl who will be a Free Companion,
and never a slave, to learn that preparation and serving
of food, the arts of walking, and standing, and being
beautiful, the care of her man's equipment, the love
dances of her city and so on. There is really no question
as to what is found pleasing to men. It is the beauty, the
grace, the intelligence and wit that they find in women"
Nomads of Gor

Gorean women, whether slave or Free, know that their simple presence brings
joy to men, and I cannot but think that this pleases them.
pg 54 Outlaw of Gor

There seem to be two major reasons why Freewomen are seldom raped on Gor.
First, it is thought that they, being Free, are to be accorded the
highest respect, and secondly, slave females are regarded as being much more desirable.
pg 184 Guardsmen of Gor

Poison is the weapon of woman.
pg18 Marauders of Gor

'In every woman,' said Ute, 'there is a Free Companion and a slave girl.
The Free Companion seeks for Her companion, and the slave girl seeks for her master.'
pg 83 Captive of Gor

Women are on the whole are not permitted in paga taverns, unless, of course, they wear collars.
pg 197 Dancer of Gor

In Ar's Station,' he said, `as in Ar, robes of concealment, precisely, are
not legally obligatory for free women, no more than the veil. Such things
are a matter of custom. On the other hand, as you know, there are
statutes prescribing certain standards of decorum for free women. For example,
they may not appear naked in the streets, as may slaves. Indeed, a
Free Woman who appears in public in violation of these standards of decorum,
for example, with her arms or legs too much bared, may be made a slave.'
pg 367, 368 Renegades of Gor

Veils are worn in various numbers and combinations by Gorean free women, this
tending to vary by preference and caste. Many low-class Gorean women own
only a single veil which must do for all purposes...The veil, it might be
noted, is not legally imperative for a free woman; it is rather a matter of
modesty and custom. Some low-class, uncompanioned, free girls do not wear veils.
Similarly certain bold free women neglect the veil. Neglect of the veil
is not a crime in Gorean cities, though in some it is deemed a brazen and scandalous omission.
pg 107 Slave Girl of Gor

Free women, drinking, commonly lift their veil, or veils, with the left hand.
Low-caste free women, if veiled, usually do the same. Sometimes, however,
particularly if they are in public, they will drink through their veil,
or veils. Sometimes, of course, free women will drink unveiled, even with
guests. Much depends upon how well the individuals are known, and who is
present. In their homes, of course, with only the members of their
families present, or servants and slaves, most free women do not veil
themselves, even those of high caste.
pg 276 Fighting Slave of Gor

Many Gorean women, in their haughtiness and pride, do not choose to
have their features exposed to the common view. They are too fine and
noble to be looked upon by the casual rabble. Similarly the robes of
concealment worn by many Gorean women are doubtless dictated by the same
sentiments. On the other hand veiling is a not impractical modesty in
a culture in where capture, and the chain and the whip are not unknown. One
not regarded as inconsiderable, is that it is supposed to provide
something of a protection against abduction and perdition. Who would wish
to risk his life, it is said, to carry off a woman who might, when roped
to a tree and stripped, turn out to be as ugly as a tharlarion?
pg 41 Rogue of Gor

On Gor a woman normally travels only with a suitable retinue of armed guards.
Women,on this barbaric world, are often regarded, unfortunately, as little
more than love prizes, the fruits of conquest and seizure. Too, often, they
are seen less as persons, human beings with rights, individuals worthy of
concern and regard than as potential pleasure slaves, silken, bangled
prisoners, possible adornments to the pleasure gardens of their captors.
Outlaw of Gor, page 50

"Then, to my astonishment, the daughter of the Ubar Marlenus,
daughter of the Ubar of Ar, knelt before me, a simple warrior
of Ko-ro-ba, and lowered her head, lifting and extending her
arms, wrists crossed. It was... the submission of the captive
female. Without raising her eyes from the ground, the daughter
of the Ubar said in a clear, distinct voice: 'I submit myself.'
...I was speechless for a moment, but then, remembering that
harsh Gorean custom required me either to accept the submission
or slay the captive, I took her wrists in my hands and said,
`I accept your submission.'"
p.93-94, Tarnsman of Gor

"in most cities, on the other hand, a Free Woman may, with
legal tolerance, submit Herself as a slave to a specific Man.
If he refuses Her, she is then still free. If he accepts her,
She is then, categorically, a slave, and He may do with Her what
He pleases, even selling Her or giving Her away, or slaying Her,
if He wishes. Here we may note a distinction between laws and
codes. In the codes of the warriors, if a Warrior accepts a
Woman as a slave, it is prescribed that, at least for a time,
an amount of time up to His discretion, She be spared. If She
should be the least displeasing, of course, or should prove
recalcitrant in even a tiny way, She may be immediately disposed
of. It should be noted that this does place a legal obligation
on the Warrior. It has to do, rather, with the proprieties
of the codes."pg .21, Players of Gor

'How hard it must be to be a woman. She, noble creature, so
marvelous in her temptations and beauties, with the excellences
of her mind and the determined prides of her heart, how strange
that she, so much prizing her freedom, is made whole only
as it is ruthlessly swept away from her...The Goreans claim
in each woman there is a free companion, proud and beautiful,
worthy and noble, and in each too, a slave girl. The companion
seeks for her companion;the slave girl her Master.' Hunters of Gor, pg 102

"Look upon the beautiful face of the FreeWoman who stands
before you with such grace and dignity, with no trace of
pride, cruelty, or fear." Outlaw of Gor

"She had learned on Gor that women are marvelous, but that
they are not men, nor should they be; that they are themselves;
that they are independent, magnificent creatures; that it
takes two for the races to be whole; and that each is splendid"
Assassin of Gor

"I love to hear the glad music of a woman's laughter, that
laughter that so delights a man, that acts on his senses
like ka-la-na wine" Outlaw of Gor

There is no marriage as we know it on Gor, but there is the institution
of free companionship, which is its nearest correspondent. Suprisingly
enough, a woman who is bought from her parents, for tarns or gold, is
regarded as a free companion, even though she may not have been consulted in
the transaction. More commendably, a free woman may herself, of her own free
will, agree to be such a companion. Such relationships are not entered
into lightly, and they are normally sundered only by death. Outlaw of Gor pg 54

Aphris of Turia, pleased with herself, assumed her place between the merchant
and Kamchak, kneeling back on her heels in the position of the Gorean Free
Woman. Her back was very straight and her head high, in the Gorean fashion. Nomads of Gor pg94

The Gorean Male, at ease, usually sits cross legged and the female kneels,
resting back on her heals. the position of the Tower Slave, in which Vika
now knelt, differs from that of a free woman only in the position of the wrists
which are held before her and, when not occupied, crossed as though for
binding. A free woman's wrists are never so placed. The position of the
Pleasure Slave, incidentally, differs from the position of both the free
woman and the Tower Slave. The hands of the Pleasure Slave normally rest
upon her thighs but, in some cities, for example Thentis, I believe, they
are crossed behind her. More significantly, for the free woman's may also
rest upon her thighs, there is a difference in the placement of the knees.
In all these kneeling positions incidentally, even that of the Pleasure
Slave, the Gorean woman carries herself;f well; her back is straight
and her chin is high. She tends to be vital and beautiful to look upon. Priest Kings of Gor pg 46

This harsh treatment, incidentally, when she is thought to deserve it,
may even be inflicted on a free companion, in spite of the fact that she is
free and usually much loved. According to the Gorean way of looking at
things a taste of the slave ring is thought to be occasionally beneficial to
all women, even the exalted free woman. Thus when she has been irritable or
otherwise troublesome even a Free Companion may find herself at the foot of
the couch looking forward to a pleasant night on the stones, stripped, with
neither mat nor blanket, chained to the slave ring precisely as though she
were a lowly slave girl. It is the Gorean way of reminding her, should she
need to be reminded, that she, too, is a woman, and thus to be dominated, to
be subject to men. Should she be tempted to forget this basic fact of
Gorean life the slave ring set in the bottom of each Gorean couch is there
to refresh her memory. Gor is a mans world.Priest Kings of Gor pg67