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CODE d' ODALISQUE
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Code d' Odalisque is a genre or style of non-violent consensual slave play engaged in by willing adult men and women. It is a modern revival of aspects of the historical institution of odalisque (female sexual servant) in a consensual form. Play is guided by a written code of rules, etiquette and protocols. The genre or style is an alternative sub-culture within the broader BDSM community; play includes aspects of bondage and discipline, dominance and submission but not sado-masochism. The use of pain and degradation is forbidden under the Code. The values of the Code are hedonistic and pleasure-oriented combining exotic elements from Turkish/Persian erotic culture with modern, Western hardcore tastes. The structure of play is based upon the relationship between a male Slavekeeper and a female slave. Play is essentially heterosexual in character.
Contents
History
The Code
Versions
Non-violent
The Odalisque
Philosophy
Code Culture
Phallic Worship
Contract
Alms
Safety
1. History
The beginnings of this form of consensual slave play are uncertain. Many couples play games of sexual submission or “bedroom slavery” where the woman submits to the man saying “Take me! Do what you want to me!” Code d' Odalisque is a formalisation and development of that common adult game.
By the best account the written codifications of Code d'Odalisque began as a series of written documents used by a small circle of people in Adelaide, Australia, in the 1990s. These people were unhappy with the emphasis on pain and sado-masochism in the BDSM community and began to develop new rules to cater to their needs. In this they drew loosely upon the idea of the 'odalisque' from Near Eastern and old Turkish (Ottoman) erotic culture and especially from romantic depictions of the female pleasure slave in the Ottoman Empire such as those found in nineteenth century Orientalist paintings. That is, they turned to different historical models than those usually found in BDSM where it is more common to allude back to elements from the French Revolution period (especially from the works of the Marquis de Sade.)
The Code d'Odalisque bears a copyright notice to Steven and Victoria Rose, probably pseudonyms. In their Female Sexual Servants groups they explained:
We are an altogether ordinary, sane couple who enjoy sexual adventure. After many bad experiences on the fringes of the BDSM scene we began to explore the historical institution of the "odalisque" - the female sex slave. With help from several other couples we then began to write "Code d' Odalisque" so as to offer a non-violent, hedonistic alternative for contemporary couples who enjoy sex slave games. We do not have a hidden agenda. Code d' Ode is free. We promote it through our yahoo groups and websites. We enjoy a small private scene of our own (in Sydney Australia) and are not looking to make contacts with other players. We are happy to answer questions and to help others understand and enjoy Code d' Odalisque.
2. The Code
The written Code d'Odalisque is a comprehensive document divided into short articles in a quasi-legal manner. It is clear that the Code began as a series of separate documents that have since been consolidated and revised. The editing process is still patchy and incomplete.
The Code begins with some preliminary descriptions of slave play and is then divided into parts under the following headings: General, The Odalisque, Principles of Contract, Discalcing, Contract of Submission, Assessment and Grading, The Plea for Mercy, Alms, The Master/Slave bond, The Nature of the Odalisque, The Rights and Duties of the Slavekeeper, Types of Play, Guests, The Odella, Training, The Slavetrainer, Positions, Gestures and Commands, Ordeals, Punishment, Sojourn, Overmistress, Qoola, Hareems, Etiquette and Decorum, Conduct during Orgia, Speech and Discourse, Written Etiquette, Auctions, Masques, Safe Words and End Game, Sub Rosa.
The Code serves many purposes. It contains a system of contract, a complete code of etiquette, a charter of rights and responsibilities, a system of grading and various devices to ensure safe, legal and consensual play. It is a voluntary Code founded upon the free consent of adults.
The Code runs to over 50,000 words in length – the size of a small book. There is also a large body of supplementary material in the form of short essays and FAQs sheets to assist interested players. When collected together the supplementary material often goes under the title, 'The Code Companion'.
3. Versions
There are several versions of the Code in circulation. The third edition was widely distributed. A preliminary fourth edition was produced but only posted to a now-deleted Yahoo group.
4. Non-violent
Code d'Odalisque was developed by people interested in Master/slave relationships but who were not interested in the sado-masochistic elements common in the BDSM world. The Code provides for sexual submission and explores such themes as bondage, restraint and obedience but without such elements as spanking, whipping, nipple torture, hot wax etc. The premiss of this system of Master/slave play is that there are many women who are, by nature, sexually submissive and who enjoy being used sexually and enjoy sexual obedience, but who do not want to be subject to the more violent aspects of BDSM culture. Non-violent sexual submission is the cornerstone of Code d'Odalisque and is the main reason that people are attracted to it. Sexually submissive women very often fall into violent or abusive relationships. The Code is designed to protect sexually submissive women from this and to offer them an alternative to sado-masochistic relationships. The Code promotes a culture of respect, chivalry and elegance in which the female slave (odalisque) is regarded as a rare treasure to be cherished, protected and nurtured. Although the Code is male dom/fem sub it is strongly pro-feminine.
5. The Odalisque
An odalisque is a sexual slave. She is kept by a Slavekeeper for the purposes of providing sexual service. She is often referred to as a “cockslave” because she is dedicated to serving the sexual needs of males and because the hedonism of this style of slave play is phallocentric. Odalisque slavery is a mode of phallic worship. The Code defines the cockslave's role and provides a full account of her rights and responsibilities.
Importantly, she is not to be treated as a work slave or as a domestic servant. This is one of the things that distinguishes an odalisque from an ordinary slave as often found in BDSM Master/slave play. An odalisque is not to be used for labour. She is protected from toil. Her only duties are erotic. In this respect she is often called a “luxury slave” because she is kept in a state of leisure and is not required to cook or clean for her Master. The Code refers to work slaves by the word “memlook”. An odalisque is not a memlook. She is also referred to as a “pleasure slave” because her one task is to provide pleasure to her Master, and she is protected from pain and harm and all forms of sado-masochism.
The Code draws careful boundaries between an odalisque, a whore and a slut. An odalisque is not a whore who sells her sex nor a slut who sleeps around as a free agent. Many aspects of the Code are constructed upon these distinctions. A Slavekeeper cannot treat his odalisque as a whore or a slut.
6. 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.
7. Code Culture
This style of consensual sex slavery alludes to historical models in the Near East, especially the institution of odalisque in Ottoman Turkey but also further back to the Biblical King Solomon and solomonic sensuality. In olden days, of course, slaves were captured, not consensual. The role play aspects of Code d' Odalisque often refer back to these historical models. There are many references back to the era of piracy and slave-trading by Turkish pirates on the Barbary Coast. For instance, the symbol of the Slavekeeper's authority is the cutlass sword, the typical sword of the pirate. Players are to imagine a sophisticated culture of slavery that might have evolved from a pirate-based institution. Code d' Ode evokes a world of pirates, white slaves, hareems, silks, woven rugs, hashish, sultry perfumes, baths, that is, classical oriental sensuality.
8. Phallic Worship
The odalisque is devoted to providing sexual pleasure to the men who are put over her. Accordingly, she is devoted to cock worship and loves nothing more than serving cock. Her passions are phallocentric. The odalisque role is only suited to women who have a deep love of the male phallus and who feel a vocation to serve the phallus. In some respects, therefore, Code d' Odalisque develops quasi-religious devotions or a religious-like intensity. It is not, however, a religion or a cult. The motto of the cockslave (in French) is “ J'adore le phallus” – I adore the phallus! The odalisque is devoted to the adoration of the male organ. It is important to note that, in this, she is not fixed upon the personality of her Master. Another motto used in the Code is: “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. In other forms of consensual slavery the Master might require the slave to worship him and to give him a religious-like devotion. The Slavekeeper in Code d' Odalisque cannot establish an ego-cult. The slave is devoted to phallic adoration, not the blind adoration of her Master's personality. This is an important psychological distinction.
9. Contract
Slave play in Code d' Ode is governed by a system of contract. The first principle of contract is consent. All players must be legal, sane adults and must be fully consenting. The system of contract is designed to protect all parties, especially the female slave. In the first instance, a slave must draft and sign a Contract of Submission which sets out the shape and limits of her submission to slavery. This can then be modified as required by a further contract called a 'Plea for Mercy'. This system is very flexible. All contracts must be signed by three persons. The contractual provisions of the Code were developed in consultation with legal professionals and in view of the best advice regarding the legal issues inherent in Master/slave relationships, but no claims are made for the legal integrity of Code contracts. Such contracts have no actual legal status but are quasi-legal and are designed to ensure strict adherence to the principle of consent above all. Many legal cases have demonstrated that consent is a problematic matter in Master/slave dominant/submissive relationships. The Code is carefully crafted to provide as much protection to players as possible.
10. Alms
One of the unique features of Code d' Odalisque is a system of almsgiving or charity that takes the place of slave purchase. Slaves are purchased, but of course this is highly illegal in the modern world. In Code d' Ode the (nominal) slave price is commuted into alms whereby the Slavekeeper must make a donation to an appropriate charity in lieu of the cost of the slave. The charities which are appropriate for such purposes are those dedicated to eradicating forced prostitution, child prostitution and female genital mutilation. In this way, Code d' Odalisque has a simulated slave economy which is, in effect, directed to the end of eradicating the vestiges of non-consensual slavery and violence against women.
11. Safety
All the detailed provisions of the Code are calculated to provide an arena of safety, legality and consent in which sexual slave play can be conducted. Safe play, legal play and consensual play come before all other considerations. Code d' Odalisque is far more comprehensive than other systems of consensual slavery in this respect. There are in-built safeguards and checks and balances at every level. A deep concern for the principles of safety, legality and consent, enshrined in a clear and comprehensive written code, is one of the main characteristics of Code d' Odalisque. The Code includes a system of safe words and provides ways in which slaves can avoid and escape from abuses. For example, an odalisque is entitled to have her own 'Overmistress', a female mentor who looks over her and to whom she can turn if she is ever unhappy about the treatment to which her Keeper subjects her.
EXTERNAL LINKS
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/femalesexualservants/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/106837225/Code-d-Odalisque-Third-Edition