Saturday, December 14, 2019
The Handmaids are rebelling
Dystopic Women’s Slavery
The
Handmaid's Tale is now a couple of volumes of very good quality and a TV
series. The first season was good. the second season was less good. the third
season is very good.
What's bothering is that it has become a strongly anti-religion manifesto against an Old Testament fundamentalistic theocratic republic in the USA. That is dystopic for sure, but it is so extreme that it becomes unbelievable and quite many details are not correct, are not possible.
In the same way it is bothering to reduce the slavery imposed onto women to a unique specific anti-women attitude that can only be rejected by women. There is little hope if this women's movement does not have the support of at least some men.
This centering of sexual discrimination only on women is wrong. How many boys, as well as girls, could say #METOO as for being taken advantage of or raped, and not only by Catholic priests?
What's bothering is that it has become a strongly anti-religion manifesto against an Old Testament fundamentalistic theocratic republic in the USA. That is dystopic for sure, but it is so extreme that it becomes unbelievable and quite many details are not correct, are not possible.
In the same way it is bothering to reduce the slavery imposed onto women to a unique specific anti-women attitude that can only be rejected by women. There is little hope if this women's movement does not have the support of at least some men.
This centering of sexual discrimination only on women is wrong. How many boys, as well as girls, could say #METOO as for being taken advantage of or raped, and not only by Catholic priests?
Editions
La Dondaine, 2019
Publication
Name: Medium.com
# posted by Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU @ 3:22 PM 
