The Handmaids Tale

By Margaret Atwood
Boston, Mass : Houghton Mifflin, 1986.

The handmaids tale is a terrifying work that portrays a future where birth rates are at an all time low so fertile women are forced to bear children. This novel follows Offred and fellow handmaidens as they make their way in this dystopian future. 

"Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now..." (blurb on novel)

What makes this so unsettling and makes men and women everywhere uneasy is that this could very easily be a real possible future and the exact nature of te intense misogyny is hard to swallow or even imagine. Women are not allowed to have a choice in anything, not even their own bodies. However what makes this even scarier is that this was written in 1986 and is still influencing our society now. 

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