Proper Movements Taught to Slaves (Slavers, Merchants)

 PROPER MOVEMENTS TAUGHT TO SLAVES

Slaves (most often in slaver houses) are taught to perform even simple everyday movements in ways which are beautiful and attractive:

"But I was taught to dance, and to give pleasure, and to stand, and move, and sit and turn, and lift my head and lower it, and kneel, and rise."

Captive of Gor, page 169 

"Stand as a slave," he said. 

I stood beautifully, back straight, head high, belly sucked in, hip turned. No woman can stand more beautifully than as a Gorean slave girl. 

"Excellent," said Ladletender, smacking his lips. 

Slave Girl of Gor

Slaves are taught not to bend over but instead to lower to a crouch to pick things up:

 

"For example, we were taught how to serve at a table, deferentially, skillfully, unobtrusively and, for the most part, silently, and how to move and walk, and kneel and rise, gracefully, and even such a tiny, interesting things, as how to pick up a fallen object, by crouching down, retrieving it, rather than bending over (...). "

Dancer of Gor

"The slave, for example, and this is commonly included in their training, seldom bends over to retrieve a fallen object. Rather she flexes her knees, lowering the body beautifully, and retrieves the object from a graceful and humble crouch."

Mercenaries of Gor, page 207 

Subtle movements while in position are appreciated:

"A girl, incidentally, in the position of the Gorean pleasure slave, but who is not being kept in position as a discipline, in which case she remains rigid, is allowed much subtle latitude, which she exploits, without breaking the position. Sometimes, as she becomes animated, she rises a bit from her heels, sometimes her hands move on her thighs, her shoulders and belly move, her head moves, her eyes are live and vital, she speaks and laughs, and, radiantly, every inch, every bit of her alive, converses lyrically and delightedly. "

Slave Girl of Gor, page 36 

So are sensual movements:

"The hips of the dancer now moved, seemingly in isolation from the rest of her body, though her wrists and hands, ever so slightly moved to the music. "You cannot even move like that now." I told the blondish girl. "Yet muscles can be trained. You will be taught to move like a woman, not a puppet of wood." I grinned down at her. "You will be taught to be sensual."

Tribesmen of Gor

Slave girls walk proudly:

'Most female slaves,' said Hassan, 'walk very proudly. They are proud of their slavery, and their mastery by men. 

Tribesmen of Gor

They are taught to keep a proper distance from their Masters:

"The Gorean slave girl, incidentally, will space herself from her master quite differently in different situations. For example, if she is somewhat farther away, it is easier for her to display herself in all her beauty; if she wishes to wheedle for his caress she may approach quite closely; if she is receiving instructions she may kneel a few feet away; if she is begging to serve his pleasure she may kneel at his feet, perhaps kissing them. She who fears she is to be disciplined will commonly hang back; sometimes too, a girl will fear to approach too closely until the master, by an expression or small sign, indicates that she is not in obvious disfavor and may do so." 

Explorers of Gor, page 201 

"It is customary in the kneeling position to remain back a few feet from the male. (...) The distance serves three major purposes. It symbolizes in the distance, as well as in the differential in height, the social inferiority of the slave to the master. It puts the slave in a position where all of her, for the master's delight, can be seen. A kneeling woman is incredibly beautiful. It also puts enough space between the slave and the free male so that the releasing of his rapacity is then likely to require a decision, and is less likely to be simply, reflexively, triggered. This is regarded as being particularly important when the slave is in the presence of a male who is not her master. "

Dancer of Gor, page 156

Even such a small thing as the position of a girl's palms can be significant:

"I noted that the palm of her hands, so soft, so vulnerable, had turned on her thighs, so that they faced up. Among slave girls this is a common ways of signaling need, helplessness, a desire to please." 

Vagabonds of Gor, page 209 

She knelt in the position of the Pleasure Slave but her hands on her thighs had unconsciously, pleadingly, turned their palms to me, and she no longer knelt quite back on her heels. It was as though she begged to be allowed to lift and open her arms and rise and come to my arms. But as I looked upon her sternly she turned her palms again to her thighs, knelt back on her heels and dropped her head, holding her eyes as if by force of will fixed on the plastic beneath my sandals. 

Priest Kings of Gor, pages 234-235

Sometimes slaves are taught to run in a specific, stylised, dancelike way:

She ran rapidly to a place before the stone platform, before the curule chair of Cernus, where she fell to her knees in the position of pleasure slave, head bowed. I was amused, for she had run as a slave girl is sometimes taught to run, with rapid short steps, her legs almost straight, her feet scarcely leaving the ground, back straight, head turned to the left, arms at her sides, palms out at a forty-five degree angle, more of a dancer's motion than a true run. 

Assassin of Gor