Question: Slaves and Marriage

Question: What is the relationship between odalisque slavery under Code d'Odalisque and marriage?

Answer: The Code does not give specific direction on the ethical issues arising from odalisque slavery and marriage vows. It does, however, state the following:

1.19.- Limitations of marriage 

Marriage does not encompass the whole of human sexuality. Even in the most traditional of societies there are extra-marital institutions of sexual expression. The cockslave is one of these.

And it says

1.25.- An adjunct to marriage 

In the more advanced slavekeeping cultures sexual slavery is a developed and regulated institution that ornaments a civilized society, is a healthy adjunct to marriage, and the cockslave is esteemed as the most special of slaves. 

So odalisque slavery in general is to be viewed as "a healthy adjunct to marriage" and it is admitted that the institution of marriage is limited in its capascity to "encompass the whole of human sexuality". In this sense the institution of the odalisque is inherently "extra marital".

We can understand this by realising that the cockslave is an alternative to the whore. Prostitution exists precisely because "Marriage does not encompass the whole of human sexuality." All societies offer modes of sexual expression beyond the confines of marriage and family. Prostitution is the most common of these. Odalisque slavery is also to be understood as one of these and so plays a social role not disimiliar to prostitution. It is an alternative to prostitution.

Imagine, if you will, a society that attempts to minimize or eliminate prostitution, i.e. sexual hire service. Instead, it has the institution of cockslave. Wealthy men keep cockslaves who they generously share with other men. This provides a similar social function to prostitution.

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1.21.- Whoredom 

Sexual slavery is better than whoredom. The whole tenor of this Code is opposed to prostitution in all its forms.

The Code is anti-prostitution. It offers odalisque slavery as an alternative to sexual hire service.

But "extra-marital" does not mean that men should keep odalisques behind their wives' back. That would be unethical, dishonourable and very impractical anyway,
although there is nothing in the Code to forbid it except that the deceit and abuse of trust involved would not be a "healthy adjunct" and it arguably violates the spirit of "consent". Apart from what it says about the character of the man, it is improper to place an odalisque in such a tricky position.

Instead, "extra-marital" here means arrangements among single people or above and beyond marriage where all parties are fully apprised and fully consenting.

A married man may keep an odalisque by his wife's permission. Let us suppose they have been married 25 years, their children have grown up, they are wealthy and affluent but no longer enjoy sex together. She's more interested in golf but he's horny as hell. Rather than have him roaming night clubs or frequenting whorehouses, a wife in such a situation might allow her husband to acquire a cockslave to own and enjoy, his erotic "hobby".

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1.22. - Promiscuity 

Sexual slavery is better than promiscuity. 

Or, indeed, a horny middle-aged couple might acquire a cockslave for their private use, rather like a very expensive sex toy to be enjoyed by them both, as a means of enhancing their marriage.

Most commonly, though, "extra-marital" will mean that a wife will adopt the role of cockslave part-time additional to her role as wife. Couples do this to bring a new level of intensity into their relationship and to explore fantasies together. Cockslave and wife are quite different roles though, so such an arrangement is not ideal. The boundary where marriage ends and cockslave begins needs to be negotiated and worked out through the device of occlusion/sojourn.

It is not desirable for a woman to have to be cook, cleaner, mother, worker, wife AND cockslave.

Obviously, no ethical questions and fewer practical questions arise when a single man (Slavekeeper) owns a non-married cockslave. That is the simplest arrangement. But the Code permits a range of possibilities, admitting that marriage is not a one-size-fits-all solution to the quest for human erotic fulfilment.