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Malkinius -> RE: English Goreans (11/12/2009 11:12:35 PM)
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Greetings serisa....
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ORIGINAL: serisa
i am English and note that as such i am in a minority group as most regular posters here on the Gorean forum are from the United States. If i do a search under Male Doms in the U.K that include reference to Gor or Goreans here on Collarme, my results show me there are a few but very little Goreans on here from the U.K in comparison to the U.S. Now, in theory this would make sense as its pretty obvious the population of the U.S is far far far greater than that of the U.K... so of course there will be far more U.S Goreans than U.K ones.
But what i am wondering... and i dont know if anyone has or can ever have any sort of answer to this but, number of Goreans in the U.S compared to overall population of the U.S and number of Goreans in the U.K compared to overall population of the U.K = impossible to say i know... however, does anyone have any intelligent answer as to is the Gorean lifestyle generally much more popular in the U.S in the U.K?. i suspect the answer in yes and as John Norman was born in the U.S this too would tie in to this assumption.
the reason i ask is that i, even with the world wide web at my finger tips... find it very hard to establish how big the Gorean lifestyle is here in the U.K.... and not knowing anyone personally does not help me with finding answers. Has any Goreans here from the U.S lived / spent alot of time / or had much contact with Goreans in the U.K?.... and therefore better able to give some sort of idea as to what Gor in the U.K is actually like?
Thank you and best wishes
How many Goreans there are has been a discussion point over the years. A BIG one. It depends on who you count as Gorean. If I count the number of people I have met offline that I consider Gorean, and I have met more people in Gorean settings offline than almost everyone, I would count a dozen or two in the US. Note, this is after meeting around 300 people in offline Gorean settings. If I add in online people I know that I consider Gorean double to triple that. Since I know I don't know every possible person who I might consider Gorean, especially world wide, be generous and multiple this by 10. The final number comes out to maybe 500. If I add in the people I have met who might or might not be or could become Gorean then I would push that up to somewhere between 50-75. Using the same multipliers that would up the numbers to another 1500 or so. Add in those that I would consider Gorean and you have about 2000 people world wide. Yes, I have a much more restrictive view on those I consider Gorean than many do. So, if you want to be more generous, double my estimates. One last note here...I am including slaves of Goreans in these numbers. No, they are not Gorean but they would be part of the Gorean community as I would define it for "real" Goreans as opposed to players and BDSM crossovers who just want to add a little Gor to their play.
Most of these people are in the US. Most of the rest are in Canada, England and Australia. They are scattered and most will not come out from behind their computers to meet other people. There are very very few concentrations of people who consider themselves Gorean offline and most of those groups are less than a dozen people. This is what I have found after a decade of looking for Goreans, meeting them, hosting offline Gorean gatherings and traveling tens of thousands of miles to meet with other Goreans.
Be well....
Malkinius
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