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A Goodreads user asked this question about The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1):
Do you wish Gilead would come true?
Ryan I originally saw this questions and laughed out loud. I mean, who, in their right mind, after reading this, would possibly say, "Uh, yeah, sounds like…moreI originally saw this questions and laughed out loud. I mean, who, in their right mind, after reading this, would possibly say, "Uh, yeah, sounds like a great place"?

Of course, as a semi-intelligent reader who understands the ironic and cautionary purposes of literature like this -- as many others of those responding to this thread -- we would think that.

But how many people are out there, actively working to take away women's rights at this very second, treating their wives/girlfriends as subordinates, demanding a "women only cook and clean and have /dinner on the table at 5 pm" household?" The inequalities and double standards are everywhere out there and how many people are totally fine with it, silently encourage it, and disregard the facts when these issues are brought up? I had a student this year write a paper titled "Why Feminism is Unnecessary." How many people are growing up this ignorant, not cognizant of the fact that feminism isn't "women demanding men bow to them" but "women are equal with men"? The misogyny that underlies that fallacy!!!

I think more people than we realize -- albeit none of us, here -- would answer this question in the affirmative, and moreover are actually voting for and rooting for making America "great" again.

(Mike Pence is going to be leading this country soon, and he's of the belief that he can't be in the same room with a women without his wife there... why? Because his religion has "taught" him that all women are succubi that can't help raping him if he's for one second caught alone and unawares? Trump... do we even need to start with the things he's done/said? And people knowingly voted in favor of this?! Yeah, I think there are a lot of people who wouldn't mind Gilead coming true....) (less)
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