Photo courtesy of Maggie McNeil at The Honest Courtesan

HEY HEARTUN~ I am a Gorean Kajira, a slave as is outlined in the John Norman book Dancer of Gor — in essence, being a slave is a whole way of life, involving a total modality of existence. I live according to the Slave Creed:

• He is Master and I am slave.
• He is owner and I am owned.
• He commands and I obey.
• He is to be pleased and I am to please.
• Why is this?
• Because He is Master and I am slave.
• Allow me the strength to answer questions I can’t fathom.

I believe this. I live this. But about six months ago my old Master sold me. The new Master was nice to me for a while, but lately he has been ordering me to give pleasure to some of His friends. And I never see the same ‘friend’ twice. I think they pay Him for my attention. It makes me sad. ~ RENTAL KAJIRA

DEAR RENTAL ~ I’ve got two answers for you: First the Gorean answer.

• There will be many times you are called upon to answer questions you have never thought of. To delve deep inside yourself for the answers to places you never even thought would exist. It requires a certain amount of emotional and mental strength to do this, to look in those places that may house memories you have simply forgotten, or urges you are too afraid to admit. There is much buried deep within each of us that we don’t even know is there, and at some time or another… to be completely open and honest with you Master, you will have to find these things… and bring them to the surface.

Now for the Sane answer.

• He is pimping you out. If that isn’t what you signed on for, tell him to stop or leave him. Even within the context of Gor, you deserve better. I understand that the works of John Norman spin a tale that women achieve freedom through total submission, and that in giving up agency to a master they gain absolute agency — but you are playing Second Life. The reality is, you informally contracted with another player to support each other in a fun way for both of you — and it isn’t working for you now.

~HEARTUN BREAKER

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HEY HEARTUN~ I’m new to Second Life but not to Role Playing. I’ve heard about Gor, but haven’t read the books but based on what I hear I’m very intrigued by the idea of totally submitting to a Master (blushes) and sharing Him with several Sisters. The thing is I’m worried about what to do if porn is involved. It will need to be soft — very soft porn — I dislike hard core stuff. What should I do if my Master is into hard core kink, but I’m already collared? ~ GOREAN GOOD GIRL

DEAR G3~ When you were in the back seat of your first RL boyfriend’s Chevy, did you tell him to “Just stick in the tip”?

Get off of it… if you’re into ‘total submission’ like you say you are then you want someone to push your boundaries. Your question just tells me that you don’t want to later have to admit to yourself that you are the whore you know you want to be. Embrace your inner whore, or stay out of Gor.

There isn’t a half-way approach to ‘total submission’ when you deal with those freaks. ~HEARTUN

HEY HEARTUN ~ I’m going freaking (can I say ‘fucking’ here?) nuts! I have been at Second Life for about two months now and when I first got here (oh, I’m really 27 and male from Cincinnati and am a banker) I played around with Gor for a while. It didn’t stick, but this girl I met in Ko-Ro-Ba really DID stick, if you know what I mean.

Hey, I’m sorry I came on all strong with her and all. I was recently out of a divorce and new to all this online crap. Anyway, when I broke it off with her I tried to explain that I just wasn’t comfortable with where were were going and that she was a nice girl — but I just got in too fast and too deep. At first she seemed to take it well, but then I noticed that when I was at some of my favorite hangouts she would just be there watching me. I muted her, but she knows where I hang out.

Yesterday while I was playing Tringo at the IceDragon (shout out to mah peeps! woot!) she was sitting behind me! Worse than that she IMs people I know and asks them to forward messages to me. I can’t ditch this alt, because I have a lot of friends now. And I don’t think its right that I gotta stop going to my regular hang outs. What the hell? ~ REBOUND LOTHARIO

DEAR REBOUND LOTHARIO ~ What is it about Gor that attracts you post-divorce idiots? (Note to Goreans opening emails now: The prior statement does not say all Goreans are post-divorce idiots… so cool your jets.)

Look at it from the girls perspective. She’s needy and feels inadequate in her life and finds a very structured world where she is valued. Sometimes she is valued in exact terms by having a blue book value in the Gorean slave market. Other times she is valued for performing hours of loving labor like sweeping a house or doing dishes. Men want her! And she never has to think for herself, which makes her feel good. Then you show up, pretend to see that special “her” that no one else can see — and she gets to feel special doing the fake dishes in some Gorean hangout, as a sign of her love for you.

Then you back away. Why wouldn’t she stalk the shit out of you? You practically begged for it!

You say you don’t want to ditch your current avatar’s account, so you can take this one of two ways. The mature thing to do is to ignore her and wait for her to just go away. If she’s ignored, you know she eventually will withdraw to some place safe — like Gor. Then there’s the Gorean way o ditching her.

Start playing in Ko-Ro-Ba. Make up with her. Enslave her. Then sell her to someone who won’t allow her to talk with you. As I understand it she would have to obey her new master or be subjected to group punishment. Oh, the joys of Gor! ~ HEARTUN BREAKER

Note: This article was written in April of 2007. The place names are not likely accurate any more.