A good Master must know all that his slaves should know (for how can you maintain training or discipline if you are ignorant yourself), as well as how to be fair, trustworthy, strict and be able to know and give what your slave needs in the way of love and discipline. Although you must sometimes be harsh, a good Master is also sensitive to his slave's feelings, needs and desires.

If you exercise proper control of your slave, you will find that you rarely need to whip her.
Physical punishment is never as strong as emotional control and is the sign of a weak Master.
Better to have your slave's love and devotion then to have her fear and hate you. By a simple look of displeasure, by simply not allowing her to be in your presence, you punish her more severly then you could with a hundred lashes from a slave whip.

However, if you must whip, do it quickly and be done with it. A punishment prolonged is a seed that will turn a slave to hatred. Immediate response to naughty behavior is the best way to correct the behavior. The same is even more true of good behavior.

When a slave does well, be prepared to praise and commend her for the effort she has put forth. Train her by loving her and you will have a kajira that will bring you much pleasure. Like a parent with a misbehaved child, the punishment of a slave is something that a Master should regret having to do, as it is a sign that the Master has not been successful in the training of that slave.
 
 

A few quotes from the Chronicles on what many believe describe what a
Gorean Man is:

     "There is gold, and steel, power, and the bodies of women . . . and sometimes . . . a thing called Honor." -- T.C.

     "Do you know, Tarnsman," he asked, "that there is no justice without the sword?" He smiled down on me grimly. "This is a terrible truth," he said, "and so consider it carefully." He paused. "Without this," he said, touching the blade, "there is nothing-- no justice, no civilization, no society, no community, no peace. Without the sword there is nothing."

     "By what right," I challenged, "is it the sword of Marlenus that brings justice to Gor?"

     "You do not understand," said Marlenus. "Right itself-- that right of which you speak so reverently-- owes its very existence to the sword."

     "I think that is false," I said. "I hope it is false." I shifted, even with that small movement irritating the whip cuts on my back.

     Marlenus was patient. "Before the sword," he said, "there is no right, no wrong, only fact-- a world of what is and what is not, rather than a world of what should be and should not be.
     There is no justice until the sword creates it, establishes it, guarantees it, gives it substance and significance." He lifted the weapon, wielding the heavy metal blade as though it were a straw.

     "First the sword," he said, "then government-- then law-- then justice."

                                    --Tarnsman of Gor p. 155

     'Do not harm him,' said Kazrak. 'He is my sword brother, Tarl of Bristol.' Kazrak's remark was in accord with the strange warrior codes of Gor, codes which were as natural to him as the air he breathed, and codes which I, in the Chamber of the Council of Ko-ro-ba, had sworn to uphold. One who has shed your blood, or whose blood you have shed, becomes your sword brother, unless you formally repudiate the blood on your weapons. It is part of the kinship of Gorean warriors regardless of what city it is to which they owe their allegiance. It is a matter of caste, an expression of respect for those who share their station and profession, having nothing to do with cities or Home Stones.

                                    --Tarnsman of Gor p. 119

     Perhaps it should only be added that the Gorean master, though often strict, is seldom cruel.
     The girl knows, if she pleases him, her lot will be an easy one. She will almost never encounter sadism or wanton cruelty, for the psychological environment that tends to breed these diseases is largely absent from Gor.

                                    --Outlaw of Gor p. 53