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To: C19fan

OK what is this story all about?

I am guessing some kind of female slavery?


2 posted on 04/26/2017 8:40:31 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL THAT IS WORSE THAN KEEPING IT ONE MORE DAY***)
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To: Mr. K

I read the book several times, around 25 years ago.

The idea that Trump would bring about that sort of society is quite a stretch.


3 posted on 04/26/2017 8:48:20 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Mr. K
Close. Here is a description of the book, from Wikipedia:

The Handmaid's Tale (1985) is a work of dystopian fiction by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian theocracy which has overthrown the United States government, the dystopian novel explores themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain individualism and independence.

Naturally, conservatives have overthrown the government and imposed their own brand of Christen fundamentalism. In the new order, women are treated as they are in Islam today. You could say that, from this brief description, the story is really about the treatment of women in the muslim world.

4 posted on 04/26/2017 8:50:19 AM PDT by jimtorr
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