Counter Earth is a pastiche of barroom sociology, Robert E. Howard's Conan settings and virulent sexism. On Gor, as its inhabitants call Counter Earth, the majority of women are the sexual slaves to the warrior men who populate the planet. The draw of this set-up to the heavily alienated adolescent science fiction fans is obvious, and epic fantasy's appeal to desires for mastery is undoubtedly compelling. Many sexual subs are dominant in everyday life, while Doms and Dommes are rarely order-barking goose steppers outside of their relationship roles. Goreans are different than your run of the mill BDSM relationship though, in that many of them reject the essential equality of men and women.
All women are inferior to all men.
Dominant women just haven't found the right man yet, and lesbian women haven't found the right penis. Submissive men are freaks of nature, or the end result of too much pampering and cuckolding. Some members of the real-life Gorean subculture believe that Earth is much like Counter Earth, in spite of the lack of barbarian hordes and giant, superintelligent crickets. Goreans stop short of calling for mass rapes and duels to the death, as the police and mental health professionals are everywhere, but the Gorean subculture is growing, especially online. Gorean chatrooms and IRC channels are filled to the brimming with purple prose and asses streaked red from leather straps.