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Some people bring elements and ideas from John Norman's Gor fantasy novels into their own lives, whether in reality, in fantasy, or somewhere in-between. These followers of Norman's novels are called Goreans.
Goreans are often disdained by the mainstream of BDSM practitioners, because the Gorean philosophy appears to reject ideas like Safe, sane and consensual and Risk aware consensual kink, following instead a more strict Master/slave ownership model. Those who take a Gorean identity seriously often consider it to be an overall philosophy and way of life which has relatively little to do with kinky sex; such individuals do not consider most of what they do to be BDSM, and do not judge themselves by BDSM standards. (Similar in this respect to Taken In Hand, etc.)
Another reason for disdain is because it is fantasy, although Norman
actually modelled most of his fictional scenarios on historic
slave-owning cultures.See also
(This entry in the BDSM Dictionary incorporates text from the Gorean article in Wipipedia.)
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