On this Theme Thursday, we dive into the Handmaiden’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, a book with an interesting take on who has control of women’s bodies. In the world of the near future, who will control women’s bodies?
“Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable…,” from Amazon.
