A letter from a Reader: The Kajira Rooms

Hello one and all,

Below is a letter sent to me from a reader, requesting my opinions and thoughts. I think it best to address the issue here as, it is an example of the need for the Standard of Play (Mentioned in the article "A Standard of Play" on 8-11-08).


Sir, I wish to address an issue that is something I believe we all have seen. No, I do not speak of what has been transpiring the last few weeks, but something of a different nature altogether. Lately, and I know you are aware of this, there are generally two rooms for open roleplaying in. The Kajira Waterfalls and Kajira HotSprings, basically the *generic* rooms. Oh there are city rooms as well, but we all respect them and just don't invade them. Early Sunday morning, there were several roleplaying in the kajira hotsprings. Men, free women, slaves, etc. The only open room with active roleplaying, so I chose to join in. That is why I am here, to roleplay like the rest of Gor. Within 10 minutes, a slave had a thought of how improper it was for free women to be there, it was a place for slaves and men only. While I do agree that in general there is a lot of things that transpire there, one must remember, that every single room the same things do as well. This was not the first time a slave had those thoughts. A few times a male character would threaten to collar any free woman found in the area after that.

Here is my complaint and I would enjoy reading your response and opinion. If it is the only open and active room for roleplaying, why should those of us who select to play a free woman be banned from our rights to roleplay? Just because a slave swims naked or is naked, and there to please a man, we know how to ignore it. Did something happen while I was busy in real life, and miss the letter stating my rights to roleplay were revolked? It is an open room, no city room attached to it. If someone wishes to cyber, take it to a pr where it belongs. Naked slaves are a dime a dozen here on AOL. It is up to the free woman to ignore it. But to have a though such as the slave char did, was wrong. I entered to actively roleplay, not oogle her naked swimming slave. Not to oogle naked men, but to roleplay. When did slave characters, not their muns, decide who is eligible for a room or not?

Your thoughts?

My Thoughts:
I have seen this happen maybe once, possibly twice. Most muns of slaves have the common sense NOT to be stupid like this. But then there are exceptions to every rule. I do not know the exact origins of the Kajira Rooms, they do pre-date my exsistance in Gor, but I do know what they are now. The implication that the Kajira Rooms are for kajira and Master's only is not only an ignorant thought, but also unbook. In the books about the only places Free Women were not allowed that slaves were, were Paga Dens and Ramships (Though there were times in the books women were allowed onto Ramships. Though the crew did not approve.). When a slave makes thought rp like that, ignore it. If a Free Man catches the kajira's drift and wants some alone time with the unfortunate girl, all you can really do is leave as requested, and come back with NPC Guards or PCed men from your city or camp. If Man or Slave takes the fight into the OOC realm, ask them for proof that the Kajira rooms are Man and Jira only rooms. When they stumble over themselves, or say "they've always been that way." Ask again for proof, when they fail to give it (cause there is none), tell them to go Fur in a PR and leave the women in the room alone. Or direct them to my article or myself. I would be more than happy to belittle the first person who thinks he can dictate himself in such matters, so that he doesn't have to switch rooms to fur the below average jira. Thank you for your question and as always reader comments are acceted.


I wish you well.

For tomorrow is another day.

Mun of Torrin

(Also, I am accepting articles to be published in the paper. I am taking any sort of editorials on Gorean roleplay, logs of improper Gorean play, crossing, or un-Gorean characters of play)

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