...:::The Gorean Lifestyle:::... 
 
 


The Gorean lifestyle is not a part of D/s or BDSM,
nor has it any attachment to 
them other then incidental.

My intention in writing this article 
was to form a basis for understanding 
the Gorean lifestyle from a 
BDSM point of view. 
Something that someone coming 
from that background could gain an overview, 
a contextual framework
framework for understanding what it is.

In considering the Gorean lifestyle,
it is probably best to first
consider the background – 
where it came from, etc.

Between 1967 and 1986, 
an author by the name of John Norman 
wrote a series of 25 books, 
set on the fictional planet of Gor. 
Whilst the ‘feel’ of the world is 
alien in many of its aspects
(vegetation, animal life, etc)
from a human perspective, 
it is very similar to
classical Greek / Roman culture. 

The Gorean lifestyle then is based upon
an extracted philosophy from 
books written by a philosopher. 

In splitting out the
philosophy from the books,
it is also necessary to look 
at the cultural background 
against which they are set,
but this background does not 
necessarily become part of the lifestyle.
Indeed, the lifestyle is 
based solely on the philosophy; 
any cultural aspects are included
as individuals wish, 
often to give a more ‘Gorean’ flavour.

It is easy to see from this 
that the connection between 
D/s and Gor is not at all apparent. 
No lifestyle based solely on one
aspect could be so encompassing 
as the Gorean one evidently is.

Why then the immediate 
association in most BDSM’ers minds?
I suspect that it stems 
mainly from online interaction, 
rather then offline,
since there are so few lifestyle
in the UK that many people 
will never meet them anyway. 
Online, the focus of most ‘Goreans’ 
seems to be the master / slave dynamic,
to the exclusion of all else.
In the lifestyle context of course, 
owning a slave does not make one Gorean,
neither does the lack 
of one make one not.
Of course, some Goreans, 
just as any other members of society,
may choose to indulge in  
BDSM for their own amusement.


To learn more about
the World of Gor please 
click the below link

..::World of Gor::..