Not sure if you want the answer to be solely for MTC, or outside of MTC. With that said, what I am about to say is what I have seen going on on Gor, through message boards, as well as things I have heard in passing by visitors and guests of our home. So my answer relates to what I believe is going on outside of MTC first, then I will share my thoughts of this question of what I see happening in MTC at times.
I do believe that there is much manipulation of men in Gor currently today, we see the women who think they can have men take them under their protection, which means they can do anything they want, and in some ways, that is what happens. If the free woman that is under the protection of a man does something to offend another man, while this free woman is not in their home, but say in the Sardar Fair, during the times it is nothing but barren land, as the Fair time has come and gone, gathering with her other free women friends to gab, gossip and just get together because they can, but I digress. They, the free woman, thinks she has the right as any other in the area to speak her mind, as if she's in her own home, to anyone she comes across including a man, and when the man takes offense, she cries foul and suddenly her "protector" appears to keep the free woman under his protection out of a collar or even death, by bringing out his weapons to spar to either one is down for the count, or dead. In the end, the free woman is able to leave and nothing untoward happens to her. That is not Gor, that is watered down Gor, or as some have said it better, "Almost Gor", and that makes the free women who know their places and do as they are supposed to do, and say look bad, because we are all painted as slut in robes or leathers.
That is the one thing that makes my skin crawl, to hear such said, but I do know that at any point of time a man of my home can decide to place steel about my throat and pronounce me a slave, because that is what we are in essence. During the time we grow up, we have to learn not only the basic things to survive in a wagon camp, and the other part of our education is that we are taught how to please a man, to cook, clean, whatever it takes to make a man happy, either as a companion or as a slave. It is simple, we are women, we are given the right to be free as a man deems we should be, though we are respected at times for our words, we are also respected for those times when we know to stay silent and let the men talk amongst themselves. And again, I digress, you asked for an opinion about the freedom of a FW from place to place, and I am going off on a tangent.
My second paragraph is an example what I have seen going on outside of our home, through messages I have been sent by Aeryon, and my thoughts and opinions are simple, that yes, manipulation of a man is very much accomplished outside of MTC, but it also does exist in MTC.
As you said, Raziel, you have struck many a free woman in camp for reasons that you saw them trying to make themselves even with the men of camp. I have been guilty of such as well, but I learned my lesson that night and for the 30 days I held that collar that could have easily gone around my throat instead of it being held by me. In the past, we have had women who thought that since they had that lime green bead on their golden nose ring, think that they are at par with the men in camp, to a point they are, they have been given the privilege of being on council, their words are valued as are their opinions, but there are some that have taken that honor and turned it around to do whatever they wish, with the thought that they are above the free men in camp, including the Ubar. I have seen the end result of this happening, which is never pretty to witness, but in a way, and it might seem a bit odd to some, refreshing to see it happen and the end result.
Now there are those who aren't of council, but are just members of the home, who at times forget that there are things that they are responsible for, but would rather spend time with their friends and ignore things going on around them, resulting in undesirable effects in the end. Then there are those FW who are told to do something by a FM and within moments, they are off doing something else, as if they don't have to do what the FM said. I consider this a way of manipulation by a FW to a FM, and this is not acceptable. If they haven't been long in camp, and have come from a home that has allowed them to get away with anything, and then come to this camp and expect the same to happen, they are shown quickly that that is not the case. The Ubar is the law of Tuchuk, what he says goes, no questions allowed to be asked, unless they are to clarify the order, but not to try and change that order to fit the way they would like it to happen. If a FM of camp gives out an order, again they may question to clarify, if the FM is of Council, but they may question the reason behind the order, if done in the correct manner, asking if it was passed down from one from Council, or was it something that he thought might be useful to help get things going a bit quicker.
I have been asked before in the past, to help set up the serving carts when we have had many guests in camp for either a festival or just a lot of visitors and guests who have come to our home to visit. As a woman, that is one of my duties to camp, to help serve if there is a need, such as all the slaves and thralls are working to get things for the visitors and guests. Even if there are not that many in camp, but all the slaves are in service to others, I will get up and offer to get something for the guests or visitors. I have seen many FW of our home, as well as those outside of it, expect to sit back and do nothing, while the slaves work their asses off and barely have time to get something to eat or drink themselves. We are FW, unless our legs are broken or we have a medical reason for not doing anything more than to rest and relax, we should be doing more for the men of our home. This is another bit of manipulation, at least in my eyes, the FW expect to only do what they have to do, that's not right, and I will say that lately I have been guilty of doing such as well.
I may have rambled a bit here and there, but this is my opinion of what I have seen past and present of the manipulation of FM outside and inside of MTC. Our home has gotten better about this, but there are still times that I see this happening recently. But I think I got it all covered and will end it here.
I know this has taken me a bit of time to get to, but things lately have been a bit scattered and out of whack, but I will get to the others when I can, but I will get to them.
