A Chained Beauty in Barbaric Finery

"Now if only I had a gag, my ensemble would be complete." Image srouce: the gorean life tumblr blog.
Like many bloggers, I have a problem with tumblr sites, mainly because of attribution. Typically there isn't any, just a link to a site that has repostedd the same photo from another site, that reposted the photo from another site, that reposted, etc. But I have to recommend this site because it has a very nice, very large, very eclectic set of images that revolve around the theme of Gorean life, most of them pictures of hot slave girls.

In this case I'm making an exception because it's such a nice image of a slavegirl decked out in chains and barbaric finery. The beauty is wearing a thick metal collar, cuffs and shackles, but also a very nice necklace, a waist belt which really sets off the curve of the hips, and slave bracelets. It all works together very nicely I think, to present the concept of "slave" paired with "beauty." You can't look at that picture without imagining that the woman is supposed to be a slave. Plus, of course, the woman is sitting in the Gorean "tower" position.


Here's another great way to complete the ensemble! Image source: also the gorean life tumblr blog though I strongly suspect this image originated in a website that sells that sort of ornamentation.

Zenobia, Conan's Slave Girl Chained and Censored!

Censorship rears its ugly head, I guess. Image source: Marketing photo for slavegirl Zenobia from Age of Conan.
Censorship rears its ugly head again, this time in the marketplace. The above statue is being sold in stores everywhere, well not EVERYWHERE because it's not cheap: it runs $58.00 on Amazon.

A blogger whose post I can no longer find points out that this statue is censored. If you'll take a careful look at the figure above, you'll see a painted-on bra and panties underneath the barbaric loincloth and halter-ish thingie.

Naturally, I'm appalled. If I were to buy a $55 slave girl statue, I wouldn't want painted-on underwear! Frankly, I would kind of expect sculpted nipples and at least a fold of flesh to represent the vagina, too! But since the big-money retailers presumably are afraid that kids will buy these statues who will show them to Mom, who will see them and fear the prospect of junior peeking under the skirts and getting chubbies from simulated doll parts.

And the thing is, it would probably happen somewhere. I'm not even sure how I feel about that. In Japan they have dolls that are made to be masturbated with ... not Real Dolls like we have in the states... real dolls! They also have a significant portion of adolescent males who say that they have no interest in or even are disgusted by sex, and they have negative population growth.

Now granted, I don't know if the sex dolls are linked to the negative population growth and the negative feelings about sex (as an adolescent, I considered getting laid the Holy Grail of life, a feeling most of my male friends seemed to share). European countries have negative population growth too, and they're not nearly as freaky as Japan (who is, really?).

So, basically ... I'm confused. I hate censorship. But ... doll parts censorship? It's so hard to care! Especially since this particular form of censorship can be put an end to with a brushful of pink paint.