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Requests 1-173 were asked and answered back when there were only 25 books.
Also, some of the early questions were unintentionally truncated and cannot be restored. However, the answers are shown in their totality.
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| 453 | Hello! thank you for all the work you do. I once read about a slave being dressed up by her owner in free womens attire , I believe it was to go to an event. Did I imagine this or is there anything supporting this possibility?
Answer
No, you did not imagine it.
This is the quote that I remember:
Sometimes, in the south, female slaves are dressed in the robes of free women, even veiled, and taken by their masters to see the tarn races, or games, or songs-dramas; many assume that she, sitting regally by his side, is a companion, or being courted for the companionship; only he and she know that their true relation is that of master and slave girl; but when they return home, and the door to his compartment closes, their charade done, she immediately strips to brand and collar, and kneels, head to his feet, once again only an article of his property; how scandalized would have been the free woman, had they known that, next to them perhaps, had been sitting a girl who was only slave,
Marauders of Gor    Book 9    Page 143
But then, on a decidedly different take, I found this quote:
It is sometimes said that the free woman dresses to please herself, whereas the slave is dressed to please her master, and this is true, but, I think, overly simple. For example, if the free woman were to dress as a slave, she might soon be collared, and if the master were to dress his slave as a free woman, he would be jeopardizing her life. Custom and tradition, and sometimes law, are involved in these matters.
Smugglers of Gor    Book 32    Page 96
And then, here are a couple other references on the topic:
I wondered what these men would do with me if they discovered I was not even a free woman. I forced the thought from my mind. Free men do not take it lightly that a Kajira would dare to don the garments of a free woman. This is regarded as an extremely serious offense, fit to be followed by terrible punishments. It can be worth the life of one to do so. I began to tremble.
Slave Girl of Gor    Book 11    Page 121
"After even a rudimentary slave training," he said, "a woman is transformed, often in ways she does not even understand. She is different. She speaks like a slave. She thinks like a slave. She moves like a slave. She is a slave. Sometimes a slave, usually a new slave, foolishly thinking escape might be possible, dons the garments of a free woman, and hopes to pass herself off as a free woman. She may even have obtained the key to her collar, and removed it. But her movements, her walk, her carriage, her small gestures, induce suspicion, for they seem reminiscent not of a free woman, but a slave. She is detained, to her misery, by guardsmen. Free women are brought in and she is stripped. The brand is then revealed. Her first punishment is at the hands of the free women. It is not pleasant. She is then remanded to the authorities, and returned to her master."
Plunder of Gor    Book 34    Page 471
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