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TopicIn Handmaids Tale, why are birth giving women treated poorly?
toyota
10/23/21 5:28:54 AM
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nexigrams posted...
why would the women of the upper class willingly give away their status and power

Wouldnt their elite/high-ranking rich husbands demote them to concubine and replace them with a fertile wife to keep their bloodline going? Especially if their infertile wives start acting up?

saspa posted...
But this is meant to be modern day the west, where the people who actually produce and contribute are treated the worst, and the ones at the top who simply profit from it make sure they're treated the worse so the tables are never turned.

I feel this would still be the case in this day and age. This isnt just building random goods in a factory. These women are literally the only people in the entire world who can continue the population. Without them the human race would be doomed. This would instantly exalt them to such a high status in society by default that only the rich and most powerful would most likely be able to obtain. Why would a rich powerful elite settle for an infertile woman if he can get a rare fertile woman who can give him children. Why would a fertile woman settle for a the mailman if she can get a high status male who could provide her with a much better lifestyle?

Treating fertile women as a product or treat them like baby factory and abusing them makes no sense. All it will take is for these women to be pushed to suicide them BOOM, the human race is gone.
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