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To ask what position you think you’d have in the handmaids tale society?

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Econowifeonabudget · 03/08/2023 19:52

Been rewatching recently and the whole society is so alien to me. I struggle to understand how their economy functions given that they don’t appear to have widespread internet access, manufacturing, consumerism being the norm, exports etc. However, it did make me wonder what would happen if the handmades tale society existed in the modern day UK. I would guess I’d be an econowife given I’ve never committed any of the major ‘sins’ that might make me a handmaid but myself and DH are certainly not rich, powerful or religious. My guess is that many on mumsnet would be commanders wives. I know a few individuals in real life who would revel in being aunts and commanders respectively (shudder). Aibu to ask what position you think you’d have in the Handmaids tale society?

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itsallnewnow · 05/08/2023 19:57

Handmaid I reckon, v. Fertile and once got pregnant on the implant, successful birth history x 3 and only 31 so time for a few more by their logic

Deadringer · 05/08/2023 19:57

I never understood why the Jezebels were sterilised. Surely if any of them got pregnant it would have been a bonus? I know it wasn't likely as apparently the commanders were often sterile but still.

InMySpareTime · 05/08/2023 20:09

If a Jezebel got pregnant there might be questions about how that happened, given the front that commanders are always faithful to their wives, and nobody fornicates.

limoncello23 · 05/08/2023 23:05

I've read Testaments. I'm pretty sure I'd have been executed in a football stadium early on.

Deadringer · 06/08/2023 22:26

InMySpareTime · 05/08/2023 20:09

If a Jezebel got pregnant there might be questions about how that happened, given the front that commanders are always faithful to their wives, and nobody fornicates.

I suppose so, but babies were in such short supply that if an infertile wife was presented with a newborn without the inconvenience of a handmaid she probably wouldn't ask too many questions.

XenoBitch · 06/08/2023 22:51

I would not want to live in a world like that. I would be dispatching myself pronto.

InMySpareTime · 06/08/2023 22:51

The problem would be how to protect and control a pregnant Jezebel as they were more openly rebellious than Handmaids. They wouldn't be able to use drugs to keep her docile and They would have to hide her for months without letting her harm herself or the baby, or start admitting that God can bless even sinful fornicators.

fitzwilliamdarcy · 06/08/2023 22:58

I’m an infertile childless lesbian so the colonies for me. Cheerful thought for a Sunday evening.

namechangenacy · 06/08/2023 23:42

InMySpareTime · 06/08/2023 22:51

The problem would be how to protect and control a pregnant Jezebel as they were more openly rebellious than Handmaids. They wouldn't be able to use drugs to keep her docile and They would have to hide her for months without letting her harm herself or the baby, or start admitting that God can bless even sinful fornicators.

They sterilise the Jezebels girls I believe

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