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no one's being abused, dw
I think they used the word odalisque to represent the art the Europeans made of the concubine which looked a lot like what she posed for (let's be honest an odalisque isn't worthy of being described as an art piece, it was nothing more than a weird mix of porn and Orientalism, a fetishization of women they never met, and thaugh they could even exactly as they wanted just because of their " exotic origins ")
The English and French term odalisque derives from the Turkish 'oda', meaning "chamber"; thus an odalisque originally meant a chamber girl or attendant. In western usage, the term has come to refer specifically to the harem concubine.
I knew this was gonna be risque just from the title. Is the FL doing well so far guys?? I'd hate to read a story about an abused FL + doormat ╥﹏╥