The Freedom to conceal their features of the Free Women of the City Cultures
on Gor
Slaves, incidentally, are commonly forbidden facial veiling. Their
features are commonly kept naked, exposed fully to public view. In this way
they may be looked upon by men, even casually, whenever and however they might
be pleased to do so.
Players
On Gor, for free women, both body veiling and face veiling are cultural,
and tend to be widely practiced. I suppose, objectively, there is something
more to be said for face veiling than body veiling. Bodies, though differing
remarkably, one to the other, tend perhaps to be somewhat more similar than
faces. Accordingly, if one should be concerned to protect one’s privacy and
one’s feelings, and such, it seems that the face might preferably be veiled.
In the face, surely, it is easier to read emotion and individuality than in
a body. Should not the face then, if one is concerned with concealment and
privacy, be veiled? Is the face not more personal and revealing than the body?
Does it not make sense then to consider it a proper object of concealment in
a free person? Is one not entitled, so to speak, to privacy in the matter of
one’s thoughts and feelings, sometimes so manifest in one’s facial
expressions?
Slave Girl
Many Gorean woman in their haughtiness and pride, do not choose to have
their features exposed to the common view. They are too fine and noble to be
looked upon by the casual rabble. Similarly the robes of concealment worn by
many Gorean women are doubtless dictated by similar sentiments. On the other
hand veiling is a not impractical modesty in a culture n which capture, and
the chain and the whip are not known.
Rogue