章 91: Oppression is not necessarily slavery

Ickapoo is superior as an Alien. But his privilege must translate into care for the less privileged, who must in turn submit to his Authority rather than subvert, negate his Authority.

The Handmaid’s tale is Atwood’s speculative fiction about what would happen if religious fundamentalists who are out to reverse the progresses made by the feminist movement were to take over America and replace the capitalist government with a theocracy of Christian fundamentalist state.