Am I the only one who has never heard of a handmaid's tale
I might try and get a copy thou may take me weeks to read itIt's a great book by Margaret Atwwod about a dystopian patriarchal society where women have no autonomy whatsoever....chilling, considering the current political clime. I highly recommend! I would also have a beachy book at the ready for next in line to read, because it's very heavy and depressing
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Is also a show but ive never seen it so I can't speak to that.
And I refuse to answer the poll.
My great-great grandmother and her sister were owned by their father, the man who raped their mother before he sold her away from them. My family didn't scratch and claw its way from slavery to middle class so I could live like that. I leave, like my great-great-grandmother and her sister, or die trying. Liberty, or death. What the fuck kind of question is this? Are you whole?You suddenly find yourself in the dystopic regime of Gilead. You are one of the lucky ones. You get to choose your position in life.
I asked this same question to several young (late 20s to early 30s) female physicians including my 31 year old physician daughter. All chose Martha. None got angry. All had either read the book, saw the old movie, or are watching the new series.
My conclusions. Asking this question in person to people I know is vastly different from asking it online as a stranger to strangers. AND OR highly educated and highly compensated YOUNG women are far more confident of the future vs older women who do not have the same education or compensation.
I asked this same question to several young (late 20s to early 30s) female physicians including my 31 year old physician daughter. All chose Martha. None got angry. All had either read the book, saw the old movie, or are watching the new series.
My conclusions. Asking this question in person to people I know is vastly different from asking it online as a stranger to strangers. AND OR highly educated and highly compensated YOUNG women are far more confident of the future vs older women who do not have the same education or compensation.
I don’t get it. Who’s angry? The book, the movie, and the series all offer fighting the Gilead system as an option. Absolutely, death is the result of that choice in most cases. Some make it to Canada and freedom. If most of the women here choose death over enslavement, is that such a difficult choice to understand? In the real world, where such choices actually exists, there are women who choose escape and the likelihood of death over forced marriage or slavery.I asked this same question to several young (late 20s to early 30s) female physicians including my 31 year old physician daughter. All chose Martha. None got angry. All had either read the book, saw the old movie, or are watching the new series.
My conclusions. Asking this question in person to people I know is vastly different from asking it online as a stranger to strangers. AND OR highly educated and highly compensated YOUNG women are far more confident of the future vs older women who do not have the same education or compensation.
How old am I? What is my household income? What percentage of that is my compensation? What education do I have? Did I read the book? Watch the series? Catch the old movie?I asked this same question to several young (late 20s to early 30s) female physicians including my 31 year old physician daughter. All chose Martha. None got angry. All had either read the book, saw the old movie, or are watching the new series.
My conclusions. Asking this question in person to people I know is vastly different from asking it online as a stranger to strangers. AND OR highly educated and highly compensated YOUNG women are far more confident of the future vs older women who do not have the same education or compensation.