A Simulated Slave Economy (repost)

Code d' Ode includes a simulated slave economy. Legality is a first principle, so slavetrading is entirely simulated and no money changes hands between active players at any juncture. But a simulated trade operates as follows:

*Before purchase cockslaves are graded and priced. They are very expensive items! They are the most expensive of all slaves.

*A slave should demand that she be purchased, not taken freely like a slut. She is proud to be purchased.

*But her owner can "opt" to "commute" the slaveprice to alms. This means he makes a donation to charity instead. The purchase is only token (and indirect).

*Only some charities are acceptable for alms. These are: campaigns against child labour, forced prostitution and female genital mutilation, and all forms of non-consensual slavery. (You can't make a donation to your golf club and call it alms. It has to be directed to an appropriate cause.)

*The slavewoman has the right to nominate the organisation to which she wants her new owner to "commute the slaveprice to alms."

*The slaveowner has the right to decide the sum he will pay in alms to the charity his slave has nominated. Symbolically speaking he has paid the full price and the slave can wear her price with pride.

*A slaveowner is not required to reveal to his slave the actual sum of alms he has paid, nor is he required to give proof of payment to the slave or to anyone else. It is enough that he says to his new slave that he has "commuted the slave price to alms" with the charity of her choice.

*This constitutes full payment.

*It is improper for either slave or Keeper to ever mention either the fact or the sum of payment in any context again. It is a taboo topic in Code d' Ode play.

*It is a voluntary code. Men of good conscience will acknowledge that owning a cockslave is a rare privilege in life and will happily make a generous donation to a worthy cause in lieu of the slaveprice. This legitimizes the bond over his slave.

*Honesty is a cardinal virtue in a Slavekeeper. So when a man says "I have paid the slaveprice" (by way of a token donation to an appropriate charity) then we expect he is reporting the truth. It would be poisonous to begin a Keeper/slave relationship with a lie.

*It is the intent of Code d' Ode to foster and protect odalisques at all times. The whole Code works against illegal slavetrading, forced prostitution and exploitation.

*Odalisques are urged to demand that their owners pay the slave price. She should ask, "Am I to be taken for free like a slut?" An odalisque should SHAME her owner into paying a price for her.

*A key quality in a Slavetrader is the urge to protect and nurture odalisques. Such a man will abhor the ruthless maltreatment of beautiful, erotic women at the hands of underworld rackets and will happily give to charities that are devoted to helping such women. There are thousands of them in forced prostitution in the United States!

*There are no obstacles to players holding (consensual) slave auctions or auctions-for-service so long as ALL proceeds go to an appropriate charity.

*Code d' Ode seeks to create a high-class, luxury, consensual cockslave culture where play incidentally assists charity work that is devoted to eradicating forms of non-consensual sex slavery.

Light punishment

In standard BDSM slave play slaves may be subject to corporal punishment: whipping, paddling, smacking and flogging are common ways in which to punish a slave. Indeed, for those who enjoy pain and inflicting pain, these types of punishment may be central to slave play – punishment becomes the whole point of play.

This is not the case in Code d’ Odalisque. Forms of punishment are passive and non-violent – such as consigning a slave to kneel in the corner for a specified time – and punishment and pain are not central features of slave play. They may be included in play but they are not the point of play. Rather, Code d’ Ode is hedonistic. It is about pleasure. The central activity of slave play involves the slave being a willing vehicle for her Master’s pleasures. Punishment is a secondary and incidental part of play.

An odalisque must submit to discipline. She must be trained in the odalisque’s arts. It is necessary for Keepers and Trainers to develop suitable methods of punishment for those times when a slave transgresses or disobeys. An odalisque is a pampered slave, but she is still subject to a slave’s discipline. She must be trained to be obedient and compliant. It is necessary to have tools of punishment to wield as required.

These methods of punishment must be non-violent. An odalisque is not a pain slave. Odalisque slavery is non S & M. But there is bondage, and there is discipline.

Sending a slave to the corner for a time is an old tried-and-true mode of punishment. But there are other methods. Isolation. Deprivation. Restriction. Slavekeepers and Slavetrainers should experiment and develop favored methods of punishment according to their experience. All punishments should be non-violent, non-aggressive – light but effective punishment is the ideal.

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Code d' Odalisque

Sexual dualities

Code d’ Odalisque is constructed around tensions between opposites: on the one hand debauched indulgence and on the other mannered elegance. It is a system of consensual sexual slave play the purpose of which is to provide a platform for sexual exploration. An odalisque is a sexual slave. Her task is to be a vehicle for sexual gratification for her Master. Accordingly, she is an extremely sexual being; she is willing to be used in and participate in sexual indulgences that go well beyond a ‘vanilla’ range of sexual tastes. She is happy to be used as a willing accomplice in her Master’s most debauched fantasies. A man owns an odalisque because he has desires that exceed the ‘vanilla’. He owns an odalisque (cockslave) because he needs a woman who will submit to his wildest and most outrageous desires.

But all of this debauchery is framed, under the provisions of the Code, by a formal elegance and fine taste. Much of the Code concerns standards of behavior both for the slave and for the Slavekeeper. The Code includes a detailed system of etiquette that is binding upon all players. The hardcore sex that constitutes the central action of odalisque slave play takes place in an atmosphere of cordial behavior, good manners, politeness and sophistication. Code d’ Ode is not about dungeons and grunge. It is about an elegant debauchery, a sophisticated and urbane erotic indulgence.

There is always this tension under Code d’ Ode – reckless, wild, debauched in contrast with polite, mannered, sophisticated. People involved must find ways to use the provisions of the Code according to their own circumstances in order to build a creative tension between indulgence and control. This is characteristic of the cockslave herself. Her motto is: ‘Fathomless Lust. Perfect Obedience.’ She is expected to be wild, unihibited, lascivious, abandoned to sexual excess. She fucks and sucks like a crazy woman. An odalisque is expected to be lustful, cock-crazy, yearning to serve, yearning to be used and enjoyed.

But on the other hand – against this seething lust - she is expected to be well-trained, polite, compliant, self-controlled, perfectly obedient to the commands of her Master. The Code features a repertoire of postures and slave positions that the slave must learn. She learns to walk with elegance and to hold her posture well. She is well-groomed and well-spoken.

Slavekeepers too are expected to be gentlemen, even as they go about the unbridled exploration of their most profligate desires. There is a creative tension within a Slavekeeper: animal lust and gentlemanly urbanity.

Every aspect of Code d’ Ode can be understood in terms of these polarities and the tension between them. The two poles would seem to be incompatible: sexual abandon and self-restraint. The trick is to turn these polarities into a fulcrum for creative play. Above all, Code d’ Ode offers a platform for creative maledom/femsub sexuality. The source of this creativity is in the inherent contradictions between abandon and restraint. In theory and in practice Code d' Ode is driven by creative tension between opposites. It is dualistic. It sets up and then explores sexual dualities. The male dom and the female submissive is the central duality. The duality between wild lust and perfect sophistication is another expression of the same dynamic.

Slaves and whores

1.21. - Whoredom

Sexual slavery is better than whoredom. The whole tenor of this Code is opposed to prostitution in all its forms. The use of the term “sex slave” should not be confused with the popular use of this term for forced prostitution.

The role of the odalisque can be better understood by considering her in relation to the prostitute. There are significant differences, and also significant similarities.

The odalisque and the whore are similar in that both of them are women who live by providing sexual service to men. An odalisque is a cockslave. She is a sexual slave. A pleasure slave. She is kept by a Slavekeeper to be used for sex. Her “work”, like that of the whore, consists of letting men use her body for sexual gratification.

But, unlike the whore, the cockslave is not for hire. She is owned, not leased. The whore hires her body out to any man with the money. The odalisque belongs to one man, her Keeper. He then enjoys her as his own personal pleasure slave, but he may also share her with other men; in fact, sharing is the norm. A Slavekeeper puts an odalisque to her proper task, namely providing sexual gratification to men. He uses her for his own pleasures and he shares her with friends. So even though an odalisque is owned by one man, she will often service a circle of gentlemen. But never for money. She never sells her sex.

And Slavekeepers are strictly forbidden from prostituting a slave. An odalisque is kept from, protected from, whoredom. A prostitute is always subject to the harsh realities of the market, the violence of the street. In this she either looks out for herself or she is subject to exploitation by a pimp. A Slavekeeper must keep his slave from this fate. An odalisque is not a whore for rent. She is not on the open market. It is a grave insult to an odalisque to treat her as a whore.

The Code takes a strong stance on this. There is a strict contrast between slave and whore. The odalisque is, as it were, an anti-whore. Odalisque slavery is, as it were, an alternative to prostitution. In any society the reality is that men will want their (extra-marital) sexual desires served and satisfied. How is this to be done? In most societies it is done through prostitution. But it could be done through odalisque slavery in a society where odalisques are the norm. A cockslave serves male desires. That is her task. That is her vocation. She is trained and dedicated to that end. But she is bonded to a Master – bonded service, not hire service.

Many submissive females fall into prostitution. But they are often brutalised in the experience. They would be better serving as an odalisque, serving a Slavemaster as his cockslave.

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Mottos

The main elements of Code d' Odalisque can be understood from a few mottos. These sum up the main features of odalisque slavery.

Fathomless lust. Perfect Obedience.

The objective of slavetraining is to produce a cockslave characterized by these contrasting qualities: unbounded lust and perfect control.

Kept for Sex

An odalisque is a specialised slave who is kept exclusively for sexual use.

Man is her Master. Cock is her god.

A Slavekeeper is not a god. An odalisque worships cock, not man. Man is her Master. Cock is her god. This motto explains the Code's approach to phallic worship.

Her tongue is never free.

An odalisque must observe a code of silence at all times. Her Keeper controls her speech. She is never at liberty to discuss her slavery with others.

J'adore le phallus.

The French motto of the cock slave - I adore the phallus! (Pronounced j - adore - lay - felloos)

Protection. Nurture. Enjoyment.

This motto explains the male attitude to the female under the Code. The man's duty is to protect the female, nurture her and enjoy her.

Consent. Legality. Safety.

This motto is required at the foot of licit contracts. All players are bound by these three things - consensual play, legal play, safe play - at all times.

Her nakedness is her leash.

The slavekeeper controls a slave's clothing. She is kept captive by being kept naked.

Cock fetish

2.9. - The Phallic god

An odalisque shall acknowledge the Phallus as her god and shall worship the cock of her Keeper - her Master - and what other men she serves.

Biologists tell us that human beings have an evolutionary advantage over other primates, and animals in general, for numerous reasons: the structure of the human thumb, the size of the brain, the shape of the skull, the upright gait, and so on. Something that is not often mentioned is that the human phallus is bigger in proportion to the body than is the male organ of any other species. Never mind about opposable digits, compared to apes, man is hung! Man is endowed with a disproportionately large dick. Man, that is, is an especially phallic creature.

In fact – importantly - his phallus exceeds its utilitarian reproductive requirements. It is bigger and more prominent in his anatomy than would be required for simple mammalian reproduction. Arguably, this is the factor – or one of them – that has inspired man to form an erotic life that goes beyond merely reproductive necessities. Man is a complexly erotic being. He is one of the few animals that has sex just for fun, and more than any other animal has extended his erotic life into his entire social culture. Man is blessed with a big cock (in relation to the size of his body) and this fact has allowed him to craft an erotic life that goes well beyond the biological imperative of maintaining the species.

This was the central claim of Freud – man’s whole psychology and by extension all human culture is unusually sexual. Man is one horny beast. (Arguably, too, this enlarged organ is also the agent of the female orgasm, another unique feature of human biology.)

It might be said that Code d’ Odalisque is a system of erotic play built upon these facts. It is a platform for human sexual adventure. The whole reason a man takes a slave and a slave submits to a man is to facilitate and further sexual adventure. In particular, though, Code d’ Ode is a platform for specifically PHALLIC sexuality. The phallus is at the centre of play. The mode and motivation for odalisque slavery is cockworship. The odalisque is a devoted cockslave. It is cock she serves. It is cock she reveres. It is to cock that she surrenders.

And, for his part, the Slavekeeper is a phallic man. His whole motivation – to put it colloquially – is to get his dick wet. He is moved by phallic lust. The slave is surrendered to a phallocentric thralldom. Her duty is to bring pleasure – sexual pleasure – phallic pleasure – to her Master. And it is phallic pleasure that her Master pursues through his use of her. Code d’ Ode, therefore, is a celebration of this specifically phallic sexuality. The phallic-focused Master/slave relationship exists in order to explore all dimensions of phallic joy.

The foundations for this are in human biology. It is entirely natural that the human male might be driven by phallic yearning, and it is equally natural for the human female to be fascinated by, fixed upon, the male organ. There are sound biological reasons for human beings having such fixations. The human phallus is a paragon of nature, one of the keys to the unique human endowment. The phallus is one of the things that makes man man. Its size and grandeur demands our attention and has shaped both psychology and culture.

Code d’ Ode should be seen in this context. Odalisque slavery is male dominant/female submissive, and heterosexual; this accords with the phallic aspect of the natural order. Much of human culture has been overtly phallic. In India since ancient Vedic times the “lingham” has been regarded as sacred and has been at the centre of Hindu religious fetishism. Reverence for and service to the phallus is central to odalisque slave play. Through the Master/slave relationship Code d’ Ode is a celebration of the human phallus. Cock is axial. Play is systemized cock fetish.

This is the test of whether or not a man needs an odalisque. The question to ask is: how deeply phallic is he? There are, of course, qualitative differences between men. Leaving aside variations in the dimension and shape of their organs, some men are more completely phallic than others. Some men are – we might say – cock-driven. From puberty on their thoughts, dreams, fantasies and much of their behavior has been driven by phallic desire. It is such men that need a cock-slave. And similarly, among women, there are those who have a deep and genuine love of cock. Only a woman with a deep and genuine love of cock – a woman who loves nothing more than fucking and sucking cock - will find the odalisque’s life fulfilling.

These are natural propensities. Many men are phallic by character and by psychology. And many women have a compelling love for cock. As it should be. If they wish to explore these realities in themselves Code d’ Ode offers a systemized framework of Master/slave cockworship.

Beyond the middle-class orgy

The orgy went mainstream some time in the 1990s. Middle class couples had been “swinging” since the Sixties – group sex scenes became common middle-class affairs with the advent of internet porn. Moms and dads were suddenly experimenting with threesomes, same-room-sex, foursomes and moresomes, so that, whereas it had once been a gross taboo only known to bohemian deviants, it is now a not uncommon feature of behind-the-scenes middle class life. Check the on-line forums. “Wanted. Horny married couple seek same for group fun.”

But as anyone who has dabbled in middle-class group sex soon discovers the whole business tends to be tasteless and tacky. It promises to be exciting and adventurous; instead it often amounts to little more than quite mechanical, joyless strutting. Instead of exhilarating, it tends to be banal. Have you ever attended a “gangbang” where the guys all stand around swapping jokes and making crass remarks while they wait their turn? Or an orgy where participants take a “breather” and sit out while texting on their iPhone? Or other group events ruined by idiots, egoists, loud-mouths or men or couples who don’t know the most basic of sexual courtesies? Perhaps you’ve been to a group scene where participants turn up un-washed and reeking of body odor? The whole thing can be quite ugly. No fun.

Code d’ Odalisque includes rules and guidelines for civilized orgia. The default position under the Code is for Slavekeepers to share their cockslaves with other gentlemen and to deploy cockslaves for the purposes of debauched and decadent sexual excess. But the Code also strives for elegance instead of ugliness, beauty instead of banality. The Code includes detailed articles of etiquette and formality designed to maintain certain standards of decorum even during orgiastic events. In this way the Code seeks to rescue the modern orgy from middle-class tackiness. There is a carefully defined code of behavior for guests who are invited to enjoy the delights of an odalisque. These rules grew out of first-hand experience. Men and women today – too often uncultured and uncouth - need such rules. An odalisque – a treasure of flesh – deserves to be protected from common crassness.

This is an important part of the mission of Code d’ Odalisque – creating a platform for the refined enjoyment of multi-player sex. An odalisque is kept for sex. She is to be enjoyed. And, by default, she may be enjoyed by others beyond her Keeper, including by several gentlemen at once. This is especially true of odalisques who choose to specialize in group sex (orgophons). But it is important that players seek to rise above middle-class tackiness and the type of grunge sex that characterizes sex-in-the-suburbs. The rules for orgia under Code d’ Ode have this as their purpose. They are not designed to stifle sexual expression; they are designed to raise it above the ordinary and to bring class, elegance and etiquette to the contemporary orgy. This is a noble cause, and long overdue.

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The Slave on Sojourn (repost)

20.4. - A cockslave in sojourn not a freewoman

An odalisque in sojourn is not a freewoman, although she goes as a freewoman in the world. She is an odalisque. If she is bonded, then she is the sexual property of her Keeper at all times, in occlusion or sojourn. If she is unbonded then she yearns to be owned sexually by a Keeper.

In modern conditions the 24/7 cockslave is rare. Rather, contemporary women either need to work or want to pursue their careers, or they want to study, etc. This requires arrangements where the slave spends part of her time in "sojourn". This is also the case where she needs to leave the house and interact with the world for other reasons, such as going to gym or swimming or to yoga classes. The odalisque's life is very likely to involve times when she is in sojourn rather than in "occlusion" as a slave.

A slave on sojourn goes about her business like a freewoman but she remains a slave. The Code provides rules for the slave on sojourn. For instance, she is forbidden from discussing her slavery with strangers, i.e. she is sworn to be discreet.

To remind her that she is bonded to her Master he may require that she wear a reminder of her captivity.

20.2. - A reminder of captivity during sojourn

A Keeper may require that his cockslave wear a collar or, more appropriately, an ankle band or nose ring, or some other item of clothing or jewellery, whenever she is in sojourn to remind her of her captivity and her continuing obligations as an odalisque.

The usual device for this is the anklet or ankle band. The odalisque has an anklet that she wears whenever she is on sojourn. She is forbidden to leave the house without wearing it. It serves as a subtle, inconspicuous reminder that she remains a cockslave even when not in occlusion.

The true odalisque loves occlusion. She will try to minimize her time on sojourn.

20.1. - An odalisque loves occlusion

A true odalisque prefers occlusion and captivity to sojourning as a freewoman. An odalisque shall attempt to minimize the time she spends in sojourn.

Secrecy

In these times of minority and identity politics, where everyone and everything claims a right to equal recognition, many people in the consensual Master/slave community are increasingly overt about their lifestyle. Tired of apologizing for their dominant/submissive nature, they adopt a belligerent and defiant attitude. They say, “We are what we are and the rest of society can get used to it.” They demand that the “straight” or “vanilla” world accept them and their lifestyle. This has become the stance of a whole range of sexual minorities, most notably the gay community, where “coming out of the closet” and being openly and defiantly gay is now the standard posture vis-à-vis the “straight” community.

Various provisions of Code d’ Odalisque direct players to a different, more cautious, position as far as odalisque slavery is concerned. There is a code of secrecy that operates under Code d’ Ode. The odalisque lifestyle is, by nature and by policy, a discreet affair. The Code directs that players maintain utmost discretion and that play be “under the rose” – sub rosa – as they say. Players should not make a public spectacle of the lifestyle. It is not something for open public display. There is no politics of confrontation.

Rather, it is well understood that “straight” society is not going to understand and accept the concept of “submissive sex slave” and so it is better not to rub it in their faces. It is much wiser to conduct the lifestyle behind closed doors. Nothing is to be gained from drawing attention to it. Odalisques are kept and enjoyed behind closed doors, and only those people who are involved need know about it.

Slaves under Code d’ Ode are sworn to this. A motto of the Code is: “Her tongue is never free.” This means that she is never at liberty to discuss her slavery in public. It is entirely improper for a woman to be public and open about her slavery. The word “occlusion” – which is used to signify the state of active slavery – means “hidden”. An odalisque is a woman of occlusion. She is held in secret, kept secret from the world. She does not go on Jerry Springer to confess to her life of debauched service. She does not go to bars or parties and blab or boast about being a cockslave. She must respect the code of secrecy. Her life is “sub rosa.” Only a small number of people need know of her life in occlusion. Her Master keeps her captive, to be used for sex – the wider world need not know anything about it.

Similarly, gentlemen who own and enjoy odalisques ought to be very circumspect about this activity. It is most improper for them to boast or big-note themselves about owning a cockslave. Ordinarily, neither their neighbors nor many of their friends need know that he owns and is served by an odalisque. Only those who are involved need know. He may choose to share his odalisque with other gentlemen, but there is no need for her to be made general knowledge. The articles of the Code specifically forbid him from making a slave into a public spectacle.

The odalisque lifestyle, therefore, is “closed”. It is “in the closet”. It is behind closed doors. This is both prudent and it is inherent to the psychology and character of odalisque slave play. An odalisque is an essentially sexual slave. She is held in captivity. Captivity, by definition, is an imprisonment. It is closed. It violates the whole nature of the institution of occlusion to make it open to public viewing. The activities of slave life under Code d’ Ode are necessarily secretive.

This is a necessary feature of ‘code culture’ – it is underground. This is one reason why odalisque play it governed by a detailed (quasi-legal) code of rules. It must be safe, legal and consensual – but it remains outside of immediate public scrutiny. Moreover, it is not political. Many minority sexual tastes are now highly politicized. There are activists for everything. Code d’ Ode is not a political statement. It stays out of the public gaze and, as far as possible, out of public discourse. It proceeds quietly – legally, safely, consensually – without attracting undue public attention. Where people pry, it is best to ignore them. Don't debate them. Don't try to convince them. Don't try to explain. In most cases, the less "vanilla" folks know about your lifestyle the better. This has proven to be the best position to adopt.

Occlusion and Sojourn (repost)

People in the “scene” will often speak of “real time” slaves as distinct from merely casual players, or will distinguish between lifestylers and mere hobbyists. In Code d’ Odalisque these distinctions are covered by the concepts of OCCLUSION and SOJOURN. Whether a player is “real time” and is living “The Lifestyle” or not depends upon the amount of time she spends in OCCLUSION as opposed to how much time she spends in SOJOURN.

Occlusion is the state of captivity when an odalisque is in active service to her Master. She spends this time naked and barefoot, a willing live-in cockslave. At other times, though, she may be allowed to go out into the world like a freewoman. Such times are called Sojourn. A 24/7 RT slave spends her time entirely in occlusion and never goes on sojourn. On the other hand, a part-time “hobby” slave will spend only a short time in occlusion and will otherwise spend most of her time on sojourn.

In this way, Code d’ Ode is very flexible. The rules of the Code are made with full-time serious players in mind. But the Code is easily adapted to those people who merely want to role-play now and then. Full-time occlusion (with only short and occasional periods in sojourn) is the ideal for a true odalisque, but a wide range of other arrangements are possible. It is fair to say that modern women are less inclined to spend 100% of their time in occlusion when compared to odalisques of past eras. Under Code d’ Ode a woman can spend 4 days a week in occlusion serving her Master and three days a week in sojourn doing a University degree or working in an office. The balance between occlusion and sojourn is to be determined by agreement between Master and slave and can change according to circumstance.

It should be stressed that a slave on sojourn is NOT a freewoman. She is still a slave and is still bonded to her Master, and there is a code of behaviour for her to follow whilst away on sojourn. And it also needs to be said that a true odalisque under a competent Master will yearn for longer periods of occlusion and will cherish the times when her captive service is uninterupted by the other concerns of life.

We resist all forms of “scene” snobbishness in which full-timers sneer at and belittle part-time players. Every M/s couple can make the arrangements that suit them.

East and West

The system of censual slaveplay codified in Code d’ Odalisque is based – very loosely – upon the historical institution of the ‘odalisque’ (pleasure slave) which was a feature of oriental civilizations before the modern era. In Ottoman Turkey the institution continued up until the early twentieth century. Impressions and remnants of odalisque slavery are recorded in so-called ‘Orientalist’ art made by European artists and travelers – the “odalisque” was one of their favorite themes. Code d’ Odalisque is a modern revival of odalisque slavery on consensual principles.

At the same time, however, it is not an historical re- creation. No claims are made for Code d’ Ode being an accurate reflection of historical realities. It is based, instead, upon European (Western) imaginings of the sensuous slave traditions of the ancient East.

Moreover, these imaginings have been combined and blended with a distinctly Western hardcore sensibility. In modern times Oriental (Islamic) cultures have degenerated into a reactionary puritanism. Such cultures have disavowed the color and richness of their heritage for a narrow puritanical fundamentalism. It is a remarkable fact, for example, that the great erotic poets of the East are now more popular in Europe and the USA than among Persians and Arabs. As eastern cultures have declined into puritanism, many profound aspects of those cultures have been absorbed and appreciated by the West. Code d’ Ode is another example of this. The beauty of odalisque slavery has now been rediscovered in the West, while in the east women are being flogged for not wearing a head scarf!

It is important to note that Code d’ Ode is not a piece of orientalist kitsch. It is a system of consensual slave play devoted to hardcore sexual exploration. It is inspired by and draws upon some oriental models, but it is not evocative of tacky scenes from ‘I Dream Of Jeanie’. It is a new genre of the BDSM lifestyle, not play acting for historical re-creationists. It is best understood as an example of creative cultural appropriation. The people who first constructed Code d’ Ode were not interested in being “oriental” – they merely wanted to acquire aspects of oriental aesthetics that were useful to their purposes, combined with a very Western and very modern concern for sexual expression.

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Overmistress

21.5. - Duties of an Overmistress

An Overmistress is charged with the duty of overseeing the well-being, safety and proper care of an odalisque under her supervision.

One of the rights given to an odalisque is the right to have an Overmistress, i.e. a female overseer who is independent of the odalisque’s Slavekeeper. The Overmistress is usually an older women. She is consulted for advice and she offers guidance to the slave. She has no claim over the slave and does not command the slave – she is merely a benevolent protectress who acts and advises in the slave’s interest.

This is largely a safety device. Any woman who is immersed in the odalisque role on a fulltime basis should consider having an Overmistress. The Overmistress will look out for the slave’s well-being. By definition, submissive women rarely speak up for themselves; they are compliant and agreeable, as it should be. But where play is serious and the slave is submitted to serious service it is often advisable for her to have an Overmistress, an objective representative who is watching out for the slave’s welfare. The Overmistress acts against abuses, makes sure the slave is not being damaged or hurt and is not being subjected to sadistic domination.

The Overmistress is independent of the Slavekeeper. She is also a non-sexual player. It is important that an Overmistress does not become sexually involved. She is necessarily an outsider to whom a slave might turn if she falls into trouble. A wise Overmistress will not interfere in the Master/slave relationship, but she will be ready and willing to act if the slave was being subjected to violence or abuse. She also keeps a close eye on the slave’s psychological state. Female submissives tend to be mentally fragile, by nature. The Overmistress must watch over the cockslave’s physical and mental health and will provide advice and guidance where appropriate.

Since she is a non-sexual player, the Overmistress can be paid for her services. She is the only person under Code d’ Ode who can take money for services.

Drinking wine

24.63. - Cockslave drinks from her Keeper's glass

An odalisque may only drink wine from her Master's glass and is not permitted to drink from any other man's glass without her Master's permission. A customary manner in which a slave drinks from her Master's glass is as follows:

The slave drops to her knees, sits back on her heels, lifts her face, her hands crossed at the wrists behind her back (as if bound in slave bracelets). She waits until her Keeper feeds the drink to her lips and endeavors to drink without haste or noise and without spilling a drop.

One of the points of etiquette in Code d’ Odalisque is that an odalisque is not to drink wine of her own accord; it is fed to her by her Master. An odalisque has many rights and privileges not enjoyed by low slaves (memlooks), but she is not allowed to drink wine from her own glass. Among her duties are those of “wine attendant” – she is a naked wine attendant to her Master and his guests on “wine nights”. But she is not given her own glass of wine to drink. Rather, she sips from her Master’s glass as he wills.

This means that an odalisque is not permitted the right to control her own consumption of alcohol. It is controlled by her Master. As he wills, a Slavemaster will offer his glass to his slave – she will sip from it as he commands. The Code includes a description of the proper manner in which a well-trained odalisque will do this.

Like the wearing of shoes, the right to have her own glass of wine is a privilege only accorded to freewomen; an odalisque is fed wine by her Master.

(Note that under Code d’ Odalisque “wine” is a generic term. It may mean other alcoholic beverages, or other recreational substances, according to the preferences of the players.)

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Wine nights and bathing

The codifications of Code d’ Odalisque are quite detailed. This is because as well as defining the odalisque and setting out her rights and obligations, the Code also sets out to create a “Code culture” featuring many aspects of historical odalisque slavery. For example, the Code describes the Slavekeeper’s play room, his saray, and establishes points of etiquette designed to create a sumptuous, civilized and luxurious style of sexual slave play. The Code also describes two venues or occasions for slave play: the wine night and the bath.

A typical slave-play event in Code is the wine night. The Slavemaster might invite guests or he might be alone, but either way he spends the evening in his saray enjoying “wine”. It is an evening of relaxation. The odalisque, in this context, acts as wine attendant. She is an naked ornament to the evening as well as serving wine for her Master and his guests. The evening will usually culminate in the unbridled sexual enjoyment of the slave.

The other occasion for slave play is the bath. The slave is then his bath attendant. Baths, showers, saunas, spas – the luxuriant use of water for hedonistic enjoyment. The Slavekeeper will bathe with his slave and after she has pampered him – soaps, sponges, brushes - he will enjoy her as he wills.

In the historical cultures where an odalisque slavery was once a reality wine and water were luxuries. In the case of wine, in fact, it was often a forbidden joy. Water was a symbol of prosperity and wealth. The Code includes these elements of tradition in its modern construction of a (consensual) Code culture.

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Pleasure and pain (Repost)

It is a matter of common experience that there is no real hard and fast dividing line between pleasure and pain. While we think of pleasure and pain as opposites, often they seem to complement each other, or are interchangeable. Pleasures can be excruciating, pain can be delicious. But pleasure/pain responses in individuals differ markedly. There are some people who need pain to feel pleasure. There are others for whom any sort of pain kills all sensations of pleasure. People are wired differently. There is no across the board “norm”.

Accordingly, there are types of sexual play that cater to different types of people and different responses. For example, sado-masochistic play (SM) caters to people who enjoy or need pain for erotic fulfillment. Pain is their pleasure. It excites them. It is what they enjoy. Many submissives need the experience of pain in order to “zone” into a fully submissive state. The psychology of these responses is well understood.

But there are others – the majority, as it happens – who experience pleasure and pain as a polarity and so for whom pain kills (rather than deepens or enhances) pleasure. When they experience pain, it kills their libido. Pain is a turn off. So they find it hard to conceive of erotic pain. Nor do they experience intense pleasure as a type of pain. They are wired on/off. It is either pleasure or pain, but never both. Obviously, such people are not suited to sado-masochistic play. They will not use pain to further their pleasures. Their pursuit of erotic fulfillment will be hedonistic rather than sado-masochistic.

Code d’ Odalisque is a code of consensual slave play for women of the second type. Odalisques are protected from sado-masochism. The mode of play is hedonistic. It suits women who love sexual submission but who do not enjoy pain.

The advantage of using pain in sex play is that it is a fast track into deeper levels of submission. People (organisms) will readily submit to pain. Since pain is not used as a tool in Code d’ Odalisque other methods – psychological manipulations – are used to reach deeper layers of submission.

Any sort of developed hedonism must extend from simple pleasures of the flesh to pleasures of the imagination and the mind. Code d’ Odalisque seeks intensities of sexual pleasure – attained without the use of pain – as well as refined aesthetic pleasures such as the visual enjoyment of the naked female form.

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Bored with sexual service?

The odalisque’s role is one dimensional. She is a sexual slave – sex is what she does. Wouldn’t this become boring for her after a while? You can have too much of a good thing. If providing her Master with sex is all she does, there is the danger she might grow tired and jaded. She might feel that she needs a more varied range of duties in order to maintain interest and find serving fulfilling.

The Code allows for this by providing an odalisque with a life of luxury. She is a luxury slave. She does not work. When she is not on duty and actively serving her Master her time is her own. She is captive, but it is an opulent captivity. She has her own room, her odella, and the Code allows for a range of diversions that might enrich her life. These include keeping a pet and pursuing a creative art. The slave need not be one dimensional in herself – although her fondest wish is always to be actively serving her Master’s cock. Her nurture includes allowing her to have her own diversions.

The odalisque has an explicit right to attend to an art. The Code states:

10.40. - The right to attend to an art

An odalisque may, if she wishes, attend to one of the arts - singing, music, poetry, painting - in which case her Keeper shall supply her with whatever she needs to pursue the art and reach her full potential in it.

Such pursuits should not distract the slave from her primary duty – she is a cockslave – but in practice odalisques have a large amount of spare time. During this time she should attend to bathing, exercise, grooming, physical refinement. But a creative art, as well as a physical regime, is an appropriate way to fill the odalisque’s hours. An odalisque may then enhance her beauty with art. She is a living ornament to her Master’s life. She lazes quietly around, naked, to be admired, an object of beauty and delight. She serves her Master’s bed. She might also play cello for her Master, or violin, or piano, or sing, or recite her poetry. An odalisque is a refined slave. Her Keeper must – under the Code – support her in this type of refinement.

Even so, most women would find the odalisque's life boring. It is a quiet life punctuated with sex. Only a few women have aptitude for such a life of luxurious slavery. It is a life of sexual captivity and one dimensional in that respect. The odalisque does not have a wide range of duties - although it is hoped that a Slavekeeper can provide a rich and varied range of sexual duties for his cockslave. She has a lot of spare time. For some women this is a very good deal: her own room, no work, the right to pursue an art. Reading. A pet. The pampered slave. It is not for everyone, but for some women it is - at least for some time - a fulfilling lifestyle.

Attending to hands and feet

24.17. - Attending to hands and feet

An odalisque shall wash and keep her hands and feet clean at all times. She shall attend to the good care of her hands and fingernails, her feet and toenails, at all times.

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An Aptitude Test (Needs Assessment)

The odalisque lifestyle is not suited for every woman, and not even for all sex-crazed cockworshipping women. It is a lifestyle of sexual submission. It is suited only to certain psychological types. True odalisques are rare, but many women are well within the psychological range.

The important thing is that the odalisque lifestyle meets your needs. The important thing is that a woman finds the odalisque lifestyle fulfilling. It must fulfill her needs.

There are many common methods of psychological profiling. One of the most common is based on the theory that human beings have (at least) five basic needs, but that we all have different degrees of these. The five needs are: Security, Love,
Power, Freedom, Fun. Some people have a strong need for power. Some people have a strong need for fun. Some people have a strong need for security. Some people value their freedom above all else.

Obviously, the life of the cockslave is not suitable for someone who values freedom above all else, but a need for security and safety is compatible to the slave role.

Here is a simple test to determine your aptitude to the odalisque lifestyle. It requires that you ASSESS YOUR NEEDS. What are your needs? What motivates you?

Read through the following lists of statements:

SECURITY

I have a strong need for security and safety.
I am quite conservative.
I like set routines.
I like to be comfortable.

POWER

I need a sense of achievement.
I like to be in control.
I like to overcome challenges.
The approval of others is important to me.

FREEDOM

I am an independent person. I value my independence.
I like taking risks.
I don't like to be told what to do.
I like to solve problems by myself.

FUN

I gave a strong need for pleasure.
I am a spontaneous person.
I have a strong sense of play. I am playful.
I like adventure.

BELONGING

I have a strong need to belong (to somewhere or someone).
I like to feel connected to other people.
I like to share. Sharing is an important value for me.

Now arrange these categories in order according to your own needs. Which need is strongest in you? The need for security? The need for love? The need for power? The need for fun?

The test will work better if you also ask someone who knows you well to arrange them in order according to how they think of you.

Spend some time getting them into the right order. From your strongest needs to your weakest needs. What is really important to you?

If you have any aptitude for the odalisque lifestyle then your needs should be roughly in this order:

SECURITY
BELONGING
FUN
POWER
FREEDOM

or

BELONGING
SECURITY
FUN
POWER
FREEDOM

Security, Belonging and Fun are the things that will be important to you. Typically, Security and Belonging are most important. Fun will be third. Freedom and Power will be the things that are least important to the odalisque type.

Women who are sluts (rather than slaves) will be likely to value Fun and Freedom above all things. The slut is sex-loving but the important thing to her is her right to move on. Her love of sex must be in the context of freedom and independence. The feeling of being owned by a man (Belonging) kills her libido.

Women who are whores (rather than sluts or slaves) will be likely to value Security, Power and Freedom ahead of Belonging or Fun. They are interested in sex only as a means to other things.

The odalisque wants (sexual) fun and adventure but she wants it in a secure setting. And she has a strong need to belong. She wants to feel owned. She wants to feel possessed. Freedom and power mean nothing to her. She will happily give away her freedom and power for Security, Belonging and Fun.

The difference between an odalisque and a (typical) wife (a husband/wife relationship) is that a wife values Power much more than Fun. The profile of a (typical) wife will be:

SECURITY
BELONGING
POWER
FREEDOM
FUN

Such women are motivated by the need for security and belonging, just as the odalisque is, but the odalisque is more motivated by (sexual) Fun. The odalisque is happy to give up her Power. But Power is important to the wife type – much more important than fun. The wife role is not essentially sexual. The odalisque role is.

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The Master/slave bond

Many modern consensual Master/slave relationships are intensely personal encounters between male Dom and fem sub. This has a strongly romantic appeal. The Master/slave bond is of infinite depth; it is love carried to its proper conclusion. Often, in this, the slave becomes absorbed in the dominant personality of her Master. Her slavery grows out of a surpassing love – she longs to serve the man she so admires. The Master, too, can become deeply possessive of his slave. Theirs is a bond of passion, an intense one-on-one interchange.

Odalisque slavery is different than this. The focus is different. The emphasis is different. In particular, the Slavekeeper is not subject to the slave’s reverence and she is not consumed in the aura of his personality. Her focus is not on the Slavekeeper. Her slavery does not grow out of reverence for the man. Instead, she is a cockslave – her focus is on cock. An odalisque wants to serve by being used sexually. She serves her Master’s cock. Her duty is to love, adore, revere and give pleasure to her Master’s cock. The Master/slave bond in Code d’ Ode is mutually sexual. There need not be passionate love, but there must be passionate sex. One of the mottos of Code d’ Odalisque is: Man is her Master. Cock is her god! She need not revere her Master. But she must serve him. And he will command her to devote herself to worshipping his cock. A man acquires an odalisque because he wants his cock worshipped and for no other reason.

The Master/slave bond under Code d’ Odalisque, then, is less intensely personal. It need not be a bondage of souls. Odalisque slavery is not romantic in that sense. Odalisque slavery is hedonistic and decadent. It is important to appreciate this. An odalisque’s first urge is to give her body, her sex, to a man and he may use her to pleasure his cock in phallic exploration. That is what makes her a cockslave. Only secondarily is she attached to the person and personality of her Master. She serves and respects him but her passion is for his cock. Cock is her god. Sex is her primary activity. Sucking and fucking is what she loves and how she longs to serve.

A consequence of this is that the Master/slave relationship in Code d’ Odalisque is, by default, social. A Slavekeeper will typically share his slave with guests. The intense one-on-one soul-mates ‘romantic’ slavery where the Master is like a god to his slave is alien to the social ethos of the Code. Master and slave should not normally be so attached to each other that their bond becomes a type of hyper-monogamy. Unless there are contractual and consensual barriers, an odalisque is to be shared. Again, Code d’ Ode is not ‘romantic’ - it is hedonistic and decadent. Man is her Master. Cock is her god. She serves her Master and obeys his commands, but it is cock she loves. Her Master’s cock. But – at his command – the cocks of other men as well. There is no exclusive fixation between Master and slave in odalisque slavery. Slaves are to be enjoyed and sharing is part of the enjoyment.

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Begging for cock

As well as general principles and outlines of play, Code d’ Odalisque includes descriptions of specific rituals. One of them is a ritualized form of begging for cock. An odalisque is a cockslave. She is devoted to serving cock. That is her purpose. She is sworn to cockworship. Her motto is: J'adore le phallus!" (J – adore – ley – felloos) – I adore the phallus! The Code describes a formal manner in which she can beg her Master for cock.

24.66. - A formal mode of begging for cock

An odalisque may formally beg her Keeper for cock - which is to say she begs to be put to her proper use, cock worship - in the following manner:

(a) The slave approaches her Keeper and seeks his ear.
(b) The slave whispers to him, "Slavekeeper, your slave begs you for cock!"
(c) If her Slavekeeper declines or says that he is busy or uninterested in using her at this time, she may continue:
(d) The slave whispers to him, "Slavekeeper, your slave is sworn to worship cock."
(e) If her Slavekeeper still declines or says that he is busy or uninterested in using her at this time, she may continue a third time:
(f) The slave whispers to him, "Slavekeeper, a third time. Your slave is begging you for cock. She is mad with lust for cock!"
(g) She may further fall to her knees, clutch at his legs and look up at him, begging "J'adore le phallus! J'adore le phallus! J'adore le phallus! J'adore le phallus!" until he tells her to either show him "his mool" or to desist.
(h) If the Slavekeeper relents he says, "Show your Keeper his mool, slave!" at which the slave shall back away and display her cunt to him in invitation.
(i) If the Slavekeeper is not prepared to relent he says, "Desist!" at which the slave must say, "Oui, Keeper, merci" and, falling to hands and knees, back away from him on the floor, stand and await his instructions.

Thus, the slave may beg three times. If her Master remains uninterested after the third time she thanks him and desists. If he is interested and relents to her begging, he instructs his slave to show him her pussy as a prelude to him giving her the cock for which she yearns. A slave may approach her Master and beg for cock of her own accord, or this short ritual can be adopted as a prearranged and formal part of slave play.

The Code states:

24.67. - Use for formal begging

Players may develop formal begging into a mode of game play or employ it as a ritual element of play as they think appropriate.

Like many other elements in Code d’ Ode, the material is offered as a body of slave lore to be used creatively. Some people may not use this method of formal begging at all. Others, perhaps, will adopt it as a feature of their play. The Code also allows for other types of begging for cock. Begging for cock is a typical cockslave sex game. The slave is made to beg for her Master’s cock. As the Code states:

A slave should be trained and adept in these and other methods of begging for cock.

And it further says of the odalisque:

Her every instinct is to beg for cock. Let this instinct be intensified and made both elegant and debauched.

Essentially naked

One of the mottos of Code d’ Odalisque is “Nakedness is her leash!” This refers to the use of nakedness as a method of control in odalisque slavery. A low slave – a “memlook” in Code terminology – may be required to wear a collar and may be kept on a leash. She also wears clothing appropriate to her work. An odalisque, however, is elevated above the status of a memlook. This means, amongst other things, that she is preserved from labor – she is not a beast of burden. She is a luxury pleasure slave, kept for sex.

Accordingly, she is not usually leashed like an animal, and there is no need for her to wear clothing. Instead, she is kept naked or, as the Code states, “essentially naked”. As a sexual slave there is no need for her to wear the protective clothing of a worker. Instead, she is an object of beauty. She is treasured for her sexuality.

For example, a low slave (memlook) may be required to cook for her Master like a common domestic servant. Since cooking involves hot liquids and oils such a slave will normally wear suitable clothing in the kitchen. It is foolish to cook naked or half-dressed – you will almost certainly end up scarred by burns. But since an odalisque is not required to cook she does not need protective clothing. Her duties only consist of displaying her beauty and servicing her Master’s bed. In keeping with this limited and specific role she is kept “essentially naked”.

This means that her Master may provide her with some clothing – for warmth and to enhance her beauty - but he should be careful not to dress her like a work slave. And since she is kept naked, her nakedness becomes her leash. Her Master controls her clothing and in this way controls her. Thus, most obviously, if she is kept naked then she cannot leave the house at will. She is naked and barefooted and has no access to clothing.

This is an implicit restriction upon her movements. Keeping her naked is a way of keeping her captive. There is therefore no need for a collar and leash. The collar and leash are symbols of the low slave (memlook). The odalisque enjoys freedom from collar and leash – she is kept naked instead. This is a fundamental aspect of odalisque slavery as distinct from other styles of female submissive Master/slave play. If you own an odalisque, she is kept naked. She is not a work slave. She is kept unclothed and unshod for her Master’s visual enjoyment.

She need not be completely naked at all times. Typically, her Master will supply her with a shawl or other loose or see-through garments. But she is “essentially naked” as is appropriate to her duties. She is “essentially naked” because she is always sexually available to her Master.

The first thing a man should do when he acquires an odalisque is take control of her clothing and her footwear. Her nakedness is her leash. This is an important difference between odalisque slavery and other types of Master/slave lifestyle. An odalisque’s nakedness defines her and distinguishes her from low slaves.

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A Specifically Sexual Submission

Odalisque slavery is a specifically sexual submission. This is one of the most important things to grasp about Code d’ Odalisque. It is the chief difference between Code d’ Odalisque and the more common genres of the female submissive Master/slave lifestyle. In the more common styles the female is submissive in a more general sense. Often she serves her Master in both the bed and the kitchen; she serves all his needs and in every respect. An odalisque, however, is preserved from toil. She is not a worker. She is kept for sex. She is a specialized slave. She is a specifically sexual servant; she is not required to serve her Master as common domestic labor as well. Under Code d’ Ode a common work slave is called a “memlook”. An odalisque is a higher slave than a memlook and it is a travesty to treat an odalisque as a memlook. Compared to other slaves the odalisque is treasured for her beauty and kept for the arts of pleasure.

Anyone who wants to practice odalisque slavery must necessarily have a directly sexual motivation. The Slavekeeper is motivated by a desire to pursue sexual pleasure first and foremost. Unlike Keepers in the more common dominant/submissive play the Keeper under Code d’ Ode is not motivated by power. Not as the prime motivation. There is, of course, the dimension of power and so-called “power exchange” in any Master/slave game, but in odalisque slavery it is not the central focus. Rather, the male Slavekeeper is driven by his libido, by an unabashed indulgence in sexual enjoyment. He need not be a “dom” in the classical sense. He must dominate and control his slave, but domination and control are not ends in themselves – they are means to a more important objective, sexual exploration. A man purchases an odalisque to facilitate his urge for hedonistic delights.

A woman who submits to life as an odalisque must also have sex as her focus. She is specifically sexual in her submission. She is not just a generic “female sub”. Her urge to submit takes a particularly sexual form. She loves being used. She loves it when men take her and control her and use her for their sexual gratification. She loves to serve men sexually. She loves being told what to do. She loves to obey. She loves to please. She finds deep satisfaction in sexual obedience. She loves being tied up and fucked. She loves being commanded to suck a man’s cock. She loves being told to shut up, lay down and spread her legs. She is not necessarily submissive in other ways. She may not enjoy cooking and cleaning and sweeping. She may not enjoy licking her Master’s boots, but she loves licking his cock. To have aptitude for the odalisque role a woman must have a deeply submissive sexuality.

There are many types of Dom/sub play and several distinct styles of consensual Master/slave relations. Code d’ Ode is a distinct system in itself. It is a revival of the institution of odalisque, the female sexual slave. It is a system of erotic slavery. This is what makes it different. The slave play is not about power in the first instance. It is a means to sexual adventure. The purpose of the Master/slave relationship is to create a formal platform for sexual adventure and the exploration of hedonistic fantasy. This needs to be made very clear. Code d' Odalisque is a system of sexual slavery. It is about sex. Everything else is secondary.

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An Alternative for Sexually Submissive Women (Repost)

Code d' Odalisque offers a new deal to sexually submissive women.

Many women enjoy playing the role of compliant bedroom slave to a man. She enjoys being used and treated as a sexual plaything. She is happy to be an obedient sexual slave.

But this does not mean that she wants to subjected to violence and abuse. Too often sexually submissive women are subjected to sado-masochism when what they really wanted is to be treated as an object of pleasure.

Nor does her sexually submissive nature mean that she wants to be a housemaid and beast of burden for a man. Too often sexually submissive women are treated as domestic slaves when in fact they want to be bedroom slaves, cockslaves, harem slaves.

Code d' Odalisque offers a non-violent alternative for sexually submissive women. An odalisque is a sexual slave. Not a domestic servant. Not a beast of burden. She is a bedroom slave kept exclusively for sexual use by her Master. She is prized as an object of beauty and pleasure. An odalisque has many rights and privileges not enjoyed by other slaves.

Code d' Odalisque is a modern revival of the institution of odalisque (erotic servant, harem slave, cockslave) in a consensual form. The Code is a set of rules, protocols and etiquette to govern odalisque play. Couples are free to adapt the Code to their circumstances. For some people it is a role playing game. For other people its a lifestyle.

True odalisques are rare, but the main point of aptitude is that a woman is sexually submissive and loves serving cock. Its for women who love to surrender to a man and say, “Take me! Use me! Do whatever you want to me!”

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Large Ladies

Question: "Do odalisques have to be beautiful? All the women in your pictures are young and slim. I'm not. But I would love to be an odalisque. Is there any place for plain women, older women or large ladies?"

Code d' Odalisque does not express any preference for any type of female body. All types can be beautiful, and it is her submission and her devotion and her willingness to serve that makes an odalisque beautiful. Large women, as well as slim women, big or petite - any woman can be an odalisque provided she has the aptitude and disposition.

You will find that among men there are a wide range of tastes. Some men prefer large ladies even though the fashion industry promotes slim ones. Any mature gentleman will understand that women in real life are not like women in magazines. Do not feel that you would be left unowned. Odalisques are rare. Slavekeepers cannot be too fussy and expect them to be supermodels.

People speak of the "slave heart" - that someone has a slave's heart. That is what matters. Women should not feel that they are excluded from serving as odalisques just because they are no longer young and slim. The desire to serve is what matters and if that is sincere then men will see your beauty.

Submissive females often have low self-esteem and a poor body image. That is part of their submissive personality. They should not think "I am too ugly to be an odalisque." The urge to serve is what is crucial. They should follow that urge and let the gentlemen who are put over them be judges of their beauty. And part of the training of an odalisque is teaching her how to be beautiful. Any woman can be beautiful.

If a woman has a genuine urge to serve as an odalisque, her age and body shape and size do not matter.

Shunned forms of play

Code d’ Odalisque is a non-violent system of cockslave role play. It draws upon particular historical traditions and favors a particular sexual aesthetic. This is opulent, sensual, indulgent, decadent. Odalisque slavery, by its very nature, is sexual: it is a platform for sexual adventure. This is the whole reason a man would own an odalisque; in order to facilitate explorations of sexual fantasy and the uninhibited pursuit of transcending pleasures. It promotes an elegant debauchery, but debauchery all the same. No matter how it might be dressed up, and within whatever framework of manners and etiquette, the core activity in odalisque slave play is sex. Hardcore, decadent sex. In this, a Slavekeeper can resort to all manner of activities and deploy all manner of sex-aids and fantasy scenes being as decadently creative as he is able. The reason he has purchased an odalisque is to use her in his debauched indulgences.

The limits of this are set by their contractual arrangements, the limits specified by the slave in her Contract of Submission, and those set by the Code. An odalisque cannot be misused. She cannot be treated as a common whore, for instance. Neither is she a pain slave. She is protected from sado-masochism. More generally, certain types of play are avoided. The following types of BDSM play are not usually a feature of Code Culture:

• hard pain
• nipple-torture,
• whipping
• electroprodding,
• verbal abuse,
• degradation,
• public exhibitionism or humiliation,
• golden showers
• cross-dressing,
• extreme insertions,
• asphixiation-play,
• rape scenes,
• fisting,
• scat play,
• catfighting,
• whoreplay,
• slutplay
• french maid scenes
• dungeon scenes

or forms of extreme, reckless, dangerous or unusual play that is in any way at odds with the odalisque’s intrinsic role as a luxury pleasure slave and sexual servant. These shunned forms of play are those in which the odalisque would be treated as something less than an odalisque. The Code always works to create a context of fantasy and refinement and to prevent eroticism being confused with brutality. The slave is not a whipping bag. The slave is not an animal. The slave is not a toilet. And the slave is not a whore or a slut or a low slave (memlook) or a housemaid or worker. The Code always insists that an odalisque is treated as an odalisque, and that she is given due respect as an odalisque, and that this is a high and honorable calling. Accordingly, an odalisque should be treasured and protected from abuse. She should be enjoyed, by all means! But she is kept away from types of sexual play that are unbefitting.

Too much emphasis should not be placed upon such restrictions. The emphasis should be upon creative sex, not upon ‘Thou shalt nots’. The aim is not to stifle play. And there is always room for players to adapt Code d’ Ode to their own tastes. Some couples really enjoy golden showers, for example. Or spanking. In such cases the Code can be adapted as long as this is by consent and the character of the odalisque is preserved. By default, though, certain types of play – especially sado-masochism – are taboo. The odalisque should not be submitted to these types of play. She should be enjoyed at length, but not in these ways.

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Slave auctions

Code d’ Odalisque includes provisions for slave auctions. Auctions are part of the romance of the odalisque tradition. In practice, these function in a very similar manner to the fun “stud” auctions that wealthy socialites sometimes hold. On these occasions, a variety of handsome “studs” are paraded before a roomful of female socialites who make bids on the male meat. The highest bidder wins a date with the man. All money goes to charity. These are fun charity auctions.

Similarly, auctions in Code d’ Odalisque are held for charity purposes. The object of the auction is to raise money for an appropriate charity. The auction functions much the same as the socialite beefcake events except that the object up for auction is a female sexual servant, an odalisque, and the bidders are gentlemen. A group of gentlemen – Slavekeepers and others – meet and bid on a parade of cockslaves. All money raised goes to charity. Any exchange of money between players would be illegal or would at least constitute prostitution. No money changes hands between players. All money is channeled into an appropriate charity such as campaigns against forced prostitution and the child sex trade. Code d’ Odalisque includes a complete simulated slave economy. This economy is directed to almsgiving. The opulence and indulgence of odalisque slavery is balanced by a spirit of charity. The auction rules and codifications included in Code d’ Ode are part of this slave economy.

Almsgiving is an important dimension of Code d’ Ode. It is not a gimmick. It is integral to the entire Code in theory and in practice. Where there is a community of Slavekeepers and other players, they should endeavor to raise money for appropriate charities; holding a slave auction is a great way to do this. Slavemasters can put their slaves up for auction. Slaves are auctioned to the highest bidder. The odalisque then serves the highest bidder who is then her Guestmaster or Guest Keeper for a specified length of time. The Code stipulates:

28.5 - Temporary Enjoyment Only to be Auctioned

The matter to be put for auction shall be the temporary enjoyment of an odalisque in the manner of Guest Keeper, for a defined period not exceeding seven days. The ownership of an odalisque shall not be placed up for auction.

The Code provides very definite and careful rules about the conduct of auctions, always with a view to maintaining high standards of consent, safety and legality. This includes a specific provision requiring explicit consent from any odalisque involved:

28. 3. - Specific Consent Required

An odalisque must give specific consent to be placed up for auction and cannot be required to participate in an auction against her will. The Controller of the auction must be satisfied that all odalisques who are being auctioned are doing so with full consent.

Obviously, a slave in a monogamous Master/slave relationship will not be involved in an auction, but with slaves who are shared by their Masters with other gentlemen auctions afford opportunities for sexual adventures.

And it includes such checks and balances as the Slavekeepers right to veto certain bidders.

28. 10 - A Keeper may veto certain Bidders

A Keeper who places an odalisque up for auction may specify that certain participants in the auction shall not be permitted to bid for his odalisque.

As always, auctions should be creative erotic events. Code d’ Odalisque is a framework for erotic creativity. Slaves can be paraded, inspected, asked to demonstrate their skills, and so on. By this means gentlemen can enjoy the visual delights of various slaves and “purchase” the temporary rights to the enjoyment of the slave’s mool.

Note that for legal reasons, all bidding in a slave auction should be done in “kurush” – the fictitious currency used in Code play. If you were to bid in dollars – even if no money is exchanged between players – you might be liable to legal sanction in certain jurisdictions. Best to be safe and to keep well within the law. When the early drafts of Code d’ Ode were being made legal experts were consulted on various issues. They strongly advised that the Code include its own fictitious currency and avoid all use of legal tender in consensual slave contexts. A slave auction is, of course, a game. An erotic game. It is important to not use real money so that the character of the game is not compromised. Then, after the auction, payment takes the form of voluntary donations to charity commensurate with the "kurush" bid.

*Erotic dance

The Nape of the Neck - Vulnerability

Like any system of (hetero) fetishism Code d’ Odalisque draws erotic attention to certain parts of the female form. An odalisque is barefooted, for example – accordingly odalisque slave play has a distinct theme of foot fetishism. The slave’s feet are admired and considered objects of beauty.

Another part of the female body considered erotic is the nape of the neck. It is specifically emblematic of female submission. It is a place of vulnerability. It is characteristic of odalisque play for the slave to tie up or throw forward her hair in order to expose the nape of her neck. This gesture accompanies sword-play themes in Code d’ Ode. The slave lives “under the sword”. Exposing the nape of her neck is an implicit gesture of placing herself “under the sword”. She lives under the (symbolic) threat of beheading.

In other systems of consensual slavery the slave’s neck is fitted with a collar. The slave is collared and held on a leash, with the whip as the symbol of authority. An odalisque is a special type of slave. She does not wear a collar and her nakedness is her leash. But her neck is still a point of passive vulnerability. The back of her neck, exposed, offered to her Master, signifies her submission and her willingness to serve “under the sword”. For these reasons a slave’s nape is regarded as erotic and lovely.

*Decor (repost)

17.3. - Decor

An odalisque shall be trained to stand to the position called "Decor" or "First Position" or sometimes just "First". This is the basic standing position. An odalisque shall stand upright and does not slouch. The slave is standing in a relaxed way. The feet are not in a level military position. The heel of one foot nestles into or near the arch of the other, as is comfortable. The slave may move her weight to either foot. The arms hang naturally, the hands folded right over left over the pubic region. Head and eyes are slightly lowered. It is a demur, modest position. The command for this position is a single hand-clap.

Vow of Devotion

5.9. - Vow of Devotion

Once she is bound and washed an odalisque is required to make a Vow of Devotion under threat of the sword. She shall be held forcibly, made to kneel and forced to expose the back of her neck to a sword wielded by whatever man is officiating. The position of kneeling, head forward and down and with the back of the neck exposed is the essential physical pose illustrating the cockslave's submission.

When a freewoman consents to enter life as an odalisque she makes a Vow of Devotion. This is usually done “under the sword”. The woman is naked on her hands and knees, her hair thrown forward, head down, the nape of her neck exposed. The Slavetrader (or the man presiding) places the cold steel of his sword on the back of her neck in an implicit threat of beheading. In this position he makes her give her Vow of Devotion. This consists of a series of assertions. The Trader says to her:

“Say: I am a cock slave!”

In response the woman says, “I am a cockslave”

The Trader says:

“Say: I am a cunt to be fucked!”

In response the woman says, “I am a cunt to be fucked!”

And so on.

Code d’ Odalisque includes a generic Vow of Devotion that can be used, but players should feel free to write their own Vow and to make it a creative feature of the woman’s initiation into the odalisque’s life.

These same Vows can also be included in later sessions of training or play. From time to time it is advisable to make a slave repeat her Vow of Devotion. It will remind her of her initiation (discalcing).

The intention of the Vow, it should be noted, is to dedicate the woman to cockworship – for this is what defines an odalisque and what sets her apart from other slaves. An odalisque is dedicated to serving male sexuality, and specifically phallic sexuality. She makes a vow to serve and worship cock. That is, she swears to be a sexual slave, serving male (phallic) sex, a cockslave. This is what makes her an odalisque. An odalisque is sworn to cockworship, and she does this through her Vow of Devotion. Article 5.11 of the Code explains:

5.11. - Intent of the Vow of Devotion

The intent and purpose of the odalisque's Vow of Devotion is to pledge herself to Cock Worship and devotion and service to the Phallus and to obedience to the men who are placed over her. It is the Vow of Devotion, above all, that makes her a sexual slave as distinct from any other type of slave.