Currently, in some circles, there is a debate about when a Freewoman in fact becomes a slave?  Is it at the point a man places the collar on her neck?  Or is it when the papers are filed to the city in which it occurred?  How far do our birth caste rights go in regards to enslavement?  Does a man need permission from a Caste or City to collar?  At what point does the collared Freewoman lose her rights to Caste and property?  To some it is simple, to others there seem to be some doubts. 

Now, once you determine at which point a collar really is a collar and a woman is truly considered a slave,  what happens when,  at the whim of same man, the collar is removed?  Does the woman now instantly regain all she lost, both in property and Caste or must she re-earn the life she once had?   Can she do so without the manumission papers required by many cities?

I would love to hear from our readers on this as to how it would be treated in your own city.  Send your opinion and knowledge to Point of View

Written by: SA

REF;

Caste is important to the Gorean in ways that are difficult to make clear to one whose social structures do not include the relationships of caste. In almost every city, for example, one knows there will be caste brothers on whom one may depend. Charity, too, for example, is almost always associated with caste rights on Gor. One of the reasons there are so few outlaws on Gor is doubtless that the outlaw, in adopting his way of life, surrenders caste rights. The slave, too, of course, has no caste rights. He stands outside the structure of society. He is an animal. It is said on Gor that only slaves, outlaws, and Priest-Kings, rumored to be the rulers of Gor, reputed to live in the remote Sardar Mountains, are without caste. This saying, however, it might be pointed out, as Goreans recognize, is not strictly true. For example, some individuals have lost caste, or been deprived of caste; some individuals have been born outside of caste; certain occupations are not traditionally associated with caste, such as gardening, domestic service and herding; and, indeed, there are entire cultures and peoples on Gor to whom caste is unknown....
---Fighting Slave of Gor, 16:210-211