General
gorean
What does gorean mean?
A BDSM subculture and lifestyle built around the fictional planet Gor from John Norman's pulp sci-fi series, a world of male dominance and female submission. Goreans borrow its hierarchy, rituals, slave positions, and commands; submissive women take the title kajira (slave). Lifestylers (or literalists) weave it into daily life, while role players keep it to scenes. Heavily critiqued for the source novels' extreme sexism.
"He's deep in the Gorean scene and expects his kajira to know every serving position by heart."
Origin
From John Norman's Gor novel series, beginning with Tarnsman of Gor (1966). 'Norman' is the pen name of philosophy professor John Lange.
Frequently asked questions
What does Gorean mean?
Gorean refers to a male-dominant BDSM lifestyle modelled on the slavery world of John Norman's Gor novels.
Where does the term Gorean come from?
It comes from Gor, the fictional world in John Norman's science-fiction novel series, whose master/slave dynamics inspired the subculture.
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