Slave Ownership

Free Women may own slaves, both male and female. There are no legal restrictions on their ownership rights concerning slaves. Silk slaves are special male slaves trained to please women. In the presence of Free Women, slaves are commonly required to be more modest. This applies mostly in public places, though it may apply elsewhere as well depending on the circumstances. n city streets though, ka!irae are rarely punished for a lack of modesty. Free Women must tolerate almost any type of slave behavior that occurs there. " Free #an can walk his ka!ira naked through the streets if he so desires and the Free Women would !ust avert their eyes. #en are often solicitous of Free Women so they would rarely walk their slaves naked e$cept maybe as a form of discipline. #en generally do not openly flaunt the se$uality of their slaves in front of Free Women. They often try to respect the sensitive feelings of the Free Women. In general, Free Women despise ka!irae, treating them with cruelty and viciousness. If a slave is especially attractive, a Free Woman will treat her even worse. This is motivated in part by envy and !ealousy. Free Women know that men often prefer the company of slave girls. This resentment is thus taken out on the slaves and not the men. Free Women also envy the slave%s freedom to be se$ual beings, especially of those slaves that seem the happiest. Some Free Women also despise slaves in a denial of their own feelings and desires to be a slave. The consequence is that most ka!irae fear Free Women. They understand the power Free Women have over them and they do not want to irritate Free Women any further. They dread the possibility of being owned by a Free Woman. Since most men do not interfere when a Free Woman punishes a slave, a slave knows she has little recourse e$cept to be as pleasing as possible to Free Women.