Blog #3

I find it interesting how far mankind will go to ensure its survival. In The Handmaid's Tale, fertile women are forced into a life of imprisonment for the singular purpose of childbearing. Humans will essential enslave and rape many fertile women all for the sake of continuing the human race. They create many laws that they claim to be divine as justification for their actions towards these women. However, because these women are fertile and carry the potential of the continuation of human existence, they are treated better than the other petty maids that simply do housework. Furthermore, those handmaids that are pregnant are revered even more, sometimes drawing envy from the other women. Why does the society require them to be subservient citizens? Why not allow the fertile women to become Wives? This would encourage reproduction even further and fulfill the purpose of the society more efficiently. The women would not have to face demeaning circumstances, and the society in general would be happier.