Lembrei-me daquela notícia acerca de um economista chinês ter sugerido que a China deixasse que as mulheres tivessem dois maridos. Contei à minha amiga e acrescentei o meu medo: que as mulheres sejam aprisionadas para ter filhos, por causa das baixas taxas de natalidade. Ela interrompe-me com "The Handmaid's Tale". Não percebi; ela explicou: é um livro de Margaret Atwood onde esse cenário é explorado. Foi escrito em 1985. A minha amiga leu-o quando ainda era solteira. Eu nunca tinha ouvido falar...
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian and theocratic state that has replaced the United States of America. Because of dangerously low reproduction rates, Handmaids are assigned to bear children for elite couples that have trouble conceiving. Offred serves the Commander and his wife, Serena Joy, a former gospel singer and advocate for “traditional values.” Offred is not the narrator’s real name—Handmaid names consist of the word “of” followed by the name of the Handmaid’s Commander. Every month, when Offred is at the right point in her menstrual cycle, she must have impersonal, wordless sex with the Commander while Serena sits behind her, holding her hands. Offred’s freedom, like the freedom of all women, is completely restricted. She can leave the house only on shopping trips, the door to her room cannot be completely shut, and the Eyes, Gilead’s secret police force, watch her every public move.Fonte: SparkNotes
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