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Retired. Interests: some. More and more less. Est incipiens iam non valet nunc blueskyroast.com/roast/schoefaz.bsk…
![Subculture
A fandom has developed based on the series.[22][23] Gorean subculture developed independently of Norman's involvement, particularly starting as a fan network after the publishing houses ceased printing new paperback editions of the novels. Fans allege that due to the controversy and pressure from feminist circles, the Gor books went out of print in the late 1980s[24] (trade paperback and e-book sequel novels were subsequently published from 2001 to 2016). It does not have a uniform following but encompasses different groups of varying views and practices.
The Gorean subculture particularly focuses on the master-and-slave dynamic in sexual relationships and associated forms of female submission as portrayed in the novels. Therefore, although they are estimated to comprise less than 5% of the total female population on Gor,[25] training and keeping a female slave (often known as a kajira) is central to Gorean subculture. Formal slave training, slave positions, and commands, as well as slave attire and beautification, are practices central to the Gorean subculture.
Literalists, otherwise known as lifestylers, incorporate elements from the Gorean culture and gender roles in their daily lives[26] and some followers of an unofficial splinter group known as Kaotians who adhered to this approach were prosecuted for leading coercive sex cults.[27] As opposed to literalists, the role players, divided into real-life sexual roleplayers (engaged or not engaged in BDSM practices) and online role-playing gamers (present particularly in Second Life)[28][29] are not necessarily committed to Gorean philosophy and ideals.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ci7roa54ozfacj6tioxairdj/bafkreifgwjb6sbrqk3amorbxnnvbuvnc7auzfqgy27uaqooki3qgbs3xkq)
![Funding and methodology
Philip Zimbardo's official website described the experiment goal as follows:
We wanted to see what the psychological effects were of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. To do this, we decided to set up a simulated prison and then carefully note the effects of this institution on the behavior of all those within its walls.[7]
A 1996 article from the Stanford News Service described the experiment goal in a more detailed way:
Zimbardo's primary reason for conducting the experiment was to focus on the power of roles, rules, symbols, group identity and situational validation of behavior that generally would repulse ordinary individuals. "I had been conducting research for some years on deindividuation, vandalism and dehumanization that illustrated the ease with which ordinary people could be led to engage in anti-social acts by putting them in situations where they felt anonymous, or they could perceive of others in ways that made them less than human, as enemies or objects," Zimbardo told the Toronto symposium in the summer of 1996.[8]
The study was funded by the US Office of Naval Research to understand antisocial behavior.[9] The United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps wanted to investigate conflict between military guards and prisoners.[10]
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