As we read, we noticed clearly the role of women in the new society. They are no more viewed as humans but as tools. Women who can reproduce, the Handmaids, are tools while some infertile women, the Wives, are decorations. Intimacy between two people is now a job. It is impersonal. It is required but Handmaids can not feel pleasure. It’s not their rights, they just need to reproduce while Wives need to look good. They need to be accessories to men. Indeed, men are in charge even if women are supposed to be superior. But it’s just an image because, in fact, women are inferiors. They need to be protected. They can not defend themselves. Any act of assault against them is their fault. “My red skirt is hitched up to my waist, though no higher. Below it the Commander is fuckin. What he is fucking is the lower part of my body. I do not say making love, because this is not what he’s doing. Copulating too would be inaccurate, because it would imply two people and only ...
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