Well the books are set in a "fantasy" and i repeat "fantasy" setting in which the laws of that society allow such "public form of slavery" condusive to that enviroment.
The ideas of female submission to male dominon are in fact originated from much earlier philosophers (and taken as truth for thousands of years in many cultures ) the Greeks and later Romans had no dificulty understanding it. Dr Langes presumptive (bio-ethical truths) congruent with the trancendentalist rejection of modernized society and the ills it imposes on humankind by the emasculation of our culture as discusses by Nietzshe and others is a social therory with a sound biological basis.
In regards to assumptions:
Many instances in his work explain in detail the fact that an owned slave is not to be "messed" with by those other than her Master, unles they want to face the consiquenses of dancing on his steel. (feel free to ask any internet "trolls" that have tried to with me if you come accross them LOL, you will see teeth marks all over them)
And here on earth so to speak, by "law" we are all free wemon, ` even if we choose to submit (a condition also described in detail in the books ,the section of which i am asuming you nor J &P didnt read) to our own personel masters, in which case no sence or assumption of public property is possible) even for the most Gorean of Goreans
Many miss the forest for the trees, especially Jacobs and Peachum.
Which is one of the reasons i am constantly involved in efforts to combat such slanders against the series and the true philosophy of D/s it represents which is actually about "Truth, Honor, and Love". Conseptual preceptions that are no different from those of "any" relationship vanilla or otherwise.
and yes Seri is actually my owners "pet" name for me its fine if you call me that, as most use some shortened variation.
I am not however going to debate gor here, on another persons thread as a side bar and would ask that such a discussion be taken up on any one of the numererous other threads i have posted on the subject, there is an excellent place in the religion and philosophy section that is more suited to the topicif you or anyone else for that matter is interested in continueing such an exchange of ideas. Here is a link to avoid any problems searching
http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=17006