I do not mean to turn this into a "Gorean Fail Blog", however, it happens with such frequency that it is likely to pop up on occasion.
I was recently a party to a discussion regarding protocol and Gor on a BDSM website, in a discussion group that is NOT Gorean by nature. The content of the converstaion was not sufficiently interesting to repost here. Pretty standard. However, it should be noted that, while Gorean protocol may have been the discussion topic, not being a Gorean forum Gorean protocol was not applicable.
Inevitably, it seems, the response of a male Gorean to my disagreement was to refer to me as "girl".
Now, as this is not a Gorean forum, the use of "girl" in reference to a woman you do not know implies a level of either intimacy or camaraderie which was clearly NOT appropriate under the circumstances - or is used as a pejorative.
This set off the "Oh, this person is an idiot" alarm. I will explain.
It was clear that the person using the phrase intended it to be a pejorative. It would be readily apparent to any person possessing the observational and analytical skills of someone with a average to slightly below average level of intelligence, from my combined previous statements, that I would not view my gender identification as a negative. I am female. I am also right handed. And tall. Oh, and of legal age ("girl" is technically inaccurate, I am female, or a woman, but not a female child.) These are all readily observable, clearly stated facts even the simplest person can figure out quickly and easily.
For some reason, the simplest of people do seem to view the statement of readily observable facts (like a person being female) is somehow an insult. I assume it is because those of sub-par intellect are simply intellectually incapable of better. This is pitiable.
I am female. Attempting to utilize that as an insult, against someone who is clearly not of the mentality that it is inherently inferior to be one gender or the other, is evident of a below average thinking process. An underlying inability to think creatively.
The Gorean dogma, the script, calls for use of the word "girl" as an insult. Those of inferior intellect are incapable of thinking off script. This is often most obvious when they are upset. Anger follows a possible threat to the carefully sculpted reality, and anger clouds thought.
If you aren't particularly skilled at thought in the first place... this is the inevitable result.
This leads me to the conclusion that it is more likely than not that the person making the statement lacked those elementary observational and analytical skills and was likely below average in intelligence. (It did note that the woman he was endeavoring to "rescue" from me asking her a question seems to be of considerably higher intellect class than her guardian. I find the surrendering of power to one's intellectual inferiors an interesting phenomenon, and may want to remember that as a concept to explore further in the future.)
Now the core concepts of the natural slave start with Aristotle. An undeniable genius. The Gorean novels, written by Lange (a person one might assume to be of above average intelligence at the least), filter the core concepts of Aristotle into pulp fiction, consumed by the masses.
The Gorean lifestyle itself, serving as a safe haven for those of lower intellect to have a position of power (discussed in a previous post) now allows those of low intellect to filter that concept even further. Now, however, the filter is grossly flawed.
It is impossible for the Gorean philosophy to survive that sort of inferior filter in tact.
