dollMaker(dom male)
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3 years ago •
Feb 21, 2021
3 years ago •
Feb 21, 2021
The books are badly written in my opinion, also a very obvious rip off of John Carter of Mars, very similar in many ways, bar the aspects which they have become notorious for. No consent, awful treatment of women, rampant misogyny, are aspects very much at the heart of the books. I read some of them when I was a teenager, (prefered R E Howard and Mike Moorcock) and as an adult, well on trying to re read, the writing was so poor I had to stop.
I think for those into fantasy and larping, and not taking it too seriously, its an ok basis for some roll play fun, but as a model for an actual lifestyle, not so much, the complete lack of consent for one being a definite issue, among others. I know there are flavours of those into this, those who take it way too seriously - cult like (1), a bit of fantasy rp to spice things up and the aforementioned larp types.
Of course folks into this, who enjoy it, go for it, as long as fully informed reversible consent is in place, but I know its been used as a model to abuse (as have other kink lifestyles) so I worry about the lack of consent that is a very strong element of what Norman wrote about, as well as the obvious misogyny.
What did Gor give us that was good, some cool names, kajira etc, the slave positions, some nice art on the book covers, and for me that's about it. The two 80s films that were made are beyond awful in my opinion, and I have seen them both.
(1) Back in 2006 UK police broke up a Gor Cult (Kaotians) in Darlington. Plenty about it still online, if you do a search.
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