Philosophy

Code d' Odalisque has an implicit philosophy of enlightened hedonism and erotic sophistication. There is an internal logic to the Code developed from historical and contemporary principles. The explicit elements of this philosophy, and the philosophical assumptions underpinning the Code, are outlined in the early articles of the first section and include such assertions as:

*Creation is broad. There are many different ways. There are many different types of people. The essence of cruelty is to treat them all the same. This Code promotes tolerance of the innate differences between human beings.

*Sexuality is an important element in human realization and happiness. Sex is to be explored and enjoyed. Sexual pleasure is a comfort and blessing in life. Human beings, men and women, have a right to sexual fulfilment.  

*Slaves are essentially human labour. Slavekeeping societies adapt the institution of slavery to those areas and tasks of life that require human labour. The institutional provision of sexual pleasure is a worthy application of labour.  

*While, by technology, we are free of the economic necessity of forced chattel slavery, the mode of slavery itself - which is finally an expression of a culture of reverence - is an innate human propensity.  

*Slavery - internally or externally - is a constant in human affairs. All people are slaves to something or someone. The modern person is a wage slave or more likely a debt slave, but a slave all the same. What is the businessman's necktie but a yoke? 

*Some people are born slaves. They realise themselves through surrender and service. They are slaves by nature. They are fulfilled through surrender, through being used by another. 

*It is a constant in human social affairs that there is always a class of female who in one way or another have as their vocation the sexual satisfaction of men.  

*The dominance of human males over human females is biologically sanctioned even if it is not a sociological constant. 

*The female form is the encapsulation of earthly beauty. She is made to inspire man to wonder and awe. The delights she offers him remind him of and drive him to seek Paradise. 

*Many human females find realisation and fulfilment in total surrender to a man and it is in accord with her nature to have him as Master and Keeper over her. 

*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.  

*All cultures regulate and restrict sex and acknowledge that sexual energies can be dangerous and disruptive. The sexual servant is a sensible, structured, responsible way to allow a particular intensity of human sexual outlet.