Topic Proposal
The question that kept stirring in my thoughts, as I read “The Handmaid’s Tale,” is why this writer assumes that all men would want to live in this fictional society. What immense pleasures are bestowed upon a man when sensual, intense love making is replaced with fucking a woman who hates you and is being forced by law to have sex with you to make babies? There is a sort of erotic beginning to this idea; but once it sets into a routine of coffee at 8am, dinner at 6pm, and fuck the handmaid at 9pm this fantasy would turn into a nightmare. Does Atwood perceive that all men are ignorant Neanderthals incapable of passion? A cloud of sexism covers this story, a strong discriminatory glare at men. What I hope to discover in my research is why Atwood has this view of men. Is it just a creative dystopian gesture; or is there something in Atwood’s life that has affected her and this story is her outlet and her true perception of a man’s desire?
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