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Gor -- The planet, the books, the ethics
... and what some people think of it all
Gor. A fictional world created by John Frederick Lange, Jr. (better known by his pen name, John Norman), a teacher at a small college in New York City.
 
A counter Earth run by a race of insectoid aliens, it's a place where strong men rule, weak men are killed, and women are made into slaves.
 
It is a disturbingly fascinating place. It has an appeal for many.
What began as a quaint homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs became more than two dozen novels and ... something bigger. 
 
For some people, it has become a way of life.
 
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In response to various comments in my guest book, I've decided it should be known to readers that ...
 
I am NOT against consensual slavery. I am a slave in real life.
 
I wear a locked metal collar when I serve at my Owners' household.
 
I love my Owners. I love serving them. I love being owned.
 
I have a slave heart. And I am not ashamed of it.
 
BUT ...
 
I find the idea of non-consensual slavery to be reprehensible.
 
And the Gorean books make light of that. Non-consensual slavery is not just accepted in the Gorean philosophy, it is encouraged.
 
My Master had two friends who were married. They vacationed in Dubai. They left the city and visited a public market. The husband was 10 meters away from his wife and looked around and she was gone. He hired detectives and got the police involved, but to no avail. It turned out she was captured and sold as a slave, for sex and for anything else her buyers would desire.
 
Just like in Gor.
 
Another Master I care for and highly respect told me he was offered $30,000 for his wife from a slaver while they were in Canada. He, of course, did not take the offer. But he confirmed from reliable sources that the slaver was real, and that, if he had sold his wife, she would have been enslaved for life, most likely in a sex brothel.
 
Gor is real. And it's happening on Earth.
 
And that's why I take it very seriously when people applaud and try and live in real life a philosophy based on a series of books in which women are captured and sold and forced to endure horrible lives as sex slaves.
 
Yes, in the books, some women are happy as slaves. The books try to sugar coat the idea of reducing a woman's life to one of being an object to be bought and sold and used for any purpose, with no will of her own.
 
But even in the books, especially in the first ones in the series, women openly lament slavery, and wail and cry at the idea of being forced into such a life. Even the Gor books at first admit it's a horrible concept.
 
And yet the hero of the books openly says over and over and over again that forced slavery of women is a good thing, and all women are a slave at heart.
 
And that is why this page exists. To shed light on Gor.
 

A fascinating and detailed examination of the immensity of non-consensual slavery that's occuring illegally in the United States today. To quote an old bumper sticker, after reading this article, "If you're not shocked, you're not paying attention."

By Billie Brewster
A thoughtful, and comprehensive, analysis of the core beliefs of Gor and why they pose a danger to the lives of people who take the ideas too seriously

by Julia Gracen
Published by Salon Books, this article explores the specifics -- and the shortcomings -- of Gor in depth, covering not only the content of the books but the lives of the many people it has touched ... often in unpleasant ways
  

By Wendy Wylde
A spirited and intelligent explanation of what it means to be a Gorean Panther Girl (i.e., a woman who has defiantly left male-dominated society to join one of several tribes of warrior women living in the wilds of the Northern Forests) by a spirited and intelligent woman who found it to be her mental calling

Gor - An objective description
A detailed overview of the books and resulting cultural phenomena as presented by Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia

By Wendy Wylde
An honest (and sometimes harsh) analysis of the Gorean philosophies, both from the books and from the experiences the author had with members of a real-life Colorado Gorean community

By Eris Lobo
A musing on kajirus (male slaves) and why they're hated so much by men who try to practice the Gorean lifestyle in real life

An upclose and personal look at how sexual slavery is affecting the lives of women in America's heartland. This article shows how it could happen to literally anybody. To quote the first paragraph: When Theresa Flores was 15 years old, she lived in an upper-class neighborhood in Birmingham, Mich. Her dad was an executive with a large company. She had a crush on a boy at her school, and like any other teenage girl, she accepted a ride home from school with when he offered. The ride home with that teenage boy would be the start of two years of sex trafficking for Flores.

Want to become involved helping the plight of real-world non-consensual slaves? Or just want to know more about the reality of the issue? Here are some places to start:
 
Working to help slaves the world over
 
Dedicated to helping child slaves and giving them a fresh start

 
NEW: You can follow my daily life as a slave now via my blog at The Diary of a Consensual Slave. New posts are usually about once a week. I'm a bit wordy at times, so I hope you enjoy reading!