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Tal, im looking for two quotes, 1st one is about Free women if they enter the Tavorns they automatically get collard, as they simply are not allowed in them as free women. and the second quote is about slaves must kneel at all times around a free person.

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From the way you asked your questions it seems to me you might be hoping for a quote which supports a concrete, arbitrary (no way out) punishment for a particular action (or lack thereof).

In actuality, very few Gorean rules are set in concrete.
Way more rules than not, at one point seem absolute and arbitrary, but in another place are broken with no apparent punishment.

Just one example . . .
Rule: Slaves never touch weapons.
Exception: Aphris not only picks up a quiva but throws it at Kamchak.

Of course, one might post rules or laws in their own city which state any number of things and the penalty for breaking said rules or laws.
1. Free Women entering a certain building will be collared.
2. Slaves not kneeling in the presence of a Free Person shall be executed on the spot.
3. You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.
and so on.

Alright, all of that having been said, here is what I found.
This is certainly not every instance speaking to your request, but I hope it’s enough to answer them.



1st one is about Free women if they enter the Tavorns they automatically get collard, as they simply are not allowed in them as free women.


There are many stories of Gorean free women, sometimes of high caste, who, as a lark or in a spirit of bold play, dared to dance in a paga tavern. Often, perhaps to their horror, they found themselves that very night hooded and gagged, locked in close chains, lying on their back, their legs drawn up, fastened in a wagon, chained by the neck and ankles, their small bodies bruised on its rough boards as they, helpless beneath a rough tarn blanket, are carried through the gates of their city.
Explorers of Gor     Book 13     Page 342


"Should I wish to enter a paga tavern, for example," I said, "you will accompany me."

"In most paga taverns," he said, "free women are not permitted. In some they are."
Kajira of Gor     Book 19     Page 122


We were still to be hot, and ready, paga slaves, eager to serve, and fully, the silk no more than an invitation to its removal. This was not much different, incidentally, than what was the case in even the most prestigious paga taverns. In such places free women were generally not permitted.
Dancer of Gor     Book 22     Page 245


Perhaps they even dare to enter a paga tavern, just to see what they are like, or perhaps wander in the Street of Brands, to stroll through the open markets or slave yards, to see true slaves, chained, or caged.
Prize of Gor     Book 27     Page 705


What wise woman would let the door of a paga tavern close behind her, unless she wished to find herself within?
Mariners of Gor     Book 30     Page 122


"In this restaurant," said Kurik, my master, "you will note that the waitresses are briefly tunicked."

"No less so than I," I said.

Kurik sat at the small, rather private table, to one side of the broad, pillared, low-ceilinged dining room. A single candle was on our table. I knelt by his side.

"Thus, as in a tavern," said Kurik, "free women are not permitted."

"We would not wish to scandalize them," I said.

To be sure, I did not mind scandalizing them. Let them, in their fine robes and veils, fume and fret. Let them wonder what it might be, to be so beautiful, so desirable, to be wanted so fiercely, that men would take away their clothes and dress them, if they chose to dress them, for their pleasure, to have them before them as they wanted them; let them wonder what it might be, to be so wanted that men would seize them and turn them into properties, into will-less, right-less possessions; let them wonder what it might be to be so wanted that they would be seized, taken in hand, stripped, collared, and branded, and put to a man's feet, in their place in nature, where they belonged, owned and mastered.

"Sometimes," said he, "a bold free woman will insist on entering a tavern. Sometimes they even disguise themselves as slave girls. Not unoften then they are seized, and enslaved, and sometimes they discover themselves as collared paga girls in the very tavern into which they sought, illicitly, to intrude."

"There are many ways to court a collar," I said. "What woman, in her deepest heart, does not long for her master?"
Plunder of Gor     Book 34     Pages 647 - 648


Free women are not allowed in a paga tavern, which, I suppose, is just as well. Sometimes a free woman, perhaps curious, or adventurously bold, or resentful, rankling under the prohibition of such premises to her sex, will disguise herself as a slave girl, even daring to affect the degrading habiliments of the kajira, and enter. These, commonly, are soon detected, given their tone, bearing, carriage, or mien. It is difficult for the Gorean free woman, with her pride, assumptions, background, behaviors, and attitudes, to pass herself off as a slave. There are too many differences, too many difficulties. The free woman is not yet a slave; she has not yet been broken to the collar. The discovered imposters are politely back-bound and escorted from the premises.
Quarry of Gor     Book 35     Page 124


Lais looked to me, uncertain as to how to proceed. In the tavern of The Living Island, she had never served free women.

Free women were not allowed in the tavern. In some cities a free woman foolish enough to enter the precincts of a tavern is arrested, stripped, branded, collared, and sold.
Avengers of Gor     Book 36     Page 187



second quote is about slaves must kneel at all times around a free person.


The door opened and Susan entered, and knelt down and lowered her head. It is common for slaves to kneel when entering the presence of free persons. It is common, too, of course, more generally, for them to kneel whenever they find themselves in the presence of a free person, for example, if they are in a room and a free person enters.
Kajira of Gor     Book 19     Page 159


"Aiii!" she wept, in misery.

"Speak," said Boots.

"I failed to kneel in the presence of free men," she sobbed. "I have spoken without permission. I stepped on the robes of a free man. I kicked dust upon them. I have been insolent."

"Continue," said Boots.

"I spilled water on a free man," she wept.

"Spilled?" asked Boots.

"I threw water on a free man," she sobbed.

"Is there anything else?" he asked.

"Master?" she asked.

"Surely you remember at least one more thing," he said.

"I lied to my master!" she sobbed, trembling. "I lied to my master!"

"And were these various things done inadvertently," asked Boots, "or deliberately?"

"Deliberately, Master," she sobbed.

Certain of these things, such as failing to kneel in the presence of a free man, may be regarded as a capital offense on the part of a Gorean slave girl, even if it is inadvertent. If intent is involved in such an omission, it can be an occasion for death by torture. "Mercy, Master!" she cried.
Players of Gor     Book 20     Page 252


Ina sank to her knees beside me. I do not think she now found it possible to stand. On the other hand, it was appropriate for her to kneel, as she was in the presence of free men.
Vagabonds of Gor     Book 24     Page 465


"Are you accustomed to standing in the presence of free men?" I asked.

"I will kneel if it will please you," she said.

"If you not kneel," I said, "it is possible that I may be displeased."

She regarded me.

"Kneel," I said.

Swiftly she knelt.
Magicians of Gor     Book 25     Page 121


"Do you not know enough to kneel in the presence of a free man?" I asked her.

Quickly she removed her arms from my body, smoothed down her tunic, and knelt, properly, in the doorway.
Magicians of Gor     Book 25     Page 398


"We are in the presence of a free man," said Laura. "Kneel. He may be of the city."
The slaves knelt.
Prize of Gor     Book 27     Page 159


When she reached the camp the men were waiting for her. Though in the presence of free men she decided she would not kneel.

"Greetings, Masters," she said. Certainly it would not be wise to neglect such an obvious token of deference as an appropriate form of address.

"Remove your tunic," said Selius Arconious.

"Master?" she asked. Her voice broke, slightly.

His gaze was not pleasant.

Certainly she did not wish for a command to be repeated, as that is a common cause for discipline. She slipped the tunic over her head. She hoped that she had not hesitated too long before doing so.

She then decided it would be a good idea to kneel, and so she did so, and, a moment later, trembling a little, before their gaze, carefully widened her knees. She now regretted not having knelt when she had first come into their presence. It is common for a slave to kneel when she comes into the presence of a free person, and to kneel, too, should they, as in entering a room, come into her presence. She clutched the tunic in two hands, desperately, frightened.
Prize of Gor     Book 27     Pages 676 - 677


"You will commonly kneel in the presence of free persons," said Cabot. "You will address free men as "Master," free women as "Mistress." Instant and unquestioning obedience is expected of you. Commonly, you are not to speak unless you have been given permission to do so. When you speak you will speak with softness and deference. You can own nothing. It is you who are owned. You are a property, an animal, subject to buying and selling, trading, and such. You are completely at the disposal and pleasure of your master, in all ways."
Kur of Gor     Book 28     Page 123


The slave, commonly, is to be unobtrusive, and deferent. In the presence of free persons she will commonly kneel, and keep her head down. When she speaks to free persons, if given permission to speak, her voice is to be suitable to her condition, modest, soft, and respectful, that of a slave. Too, she is to speak clearly and with excellent diction. She is not a free woman. Therefore, there must be no slurring of speech, or mumbling. Masters will not have it.
Swordsmen of Gor     Book 29     Page 569


Instantly the slave assumed first obeisance position, kneeling, head to the floor, the palms of her hands on the floor, beside her lowered head. She was, after all, in the presence of a free woman.
Rebels of Gor     Book 33     Page 202


How natural, how appropriate, how necessary, it now seemed to me to kneel in the presence of the free. Once a free woman of Earth, now every cell of my body, every drop of my blood, was saturated with the rightfulness of my longed-for bondage. I would have been truly distressed, painfully uncomfortable, had I been commanded to stand in his presence. I belonged on my knees before him. He was free.
Treasure of Gor     Book 38     Page 385







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