A woman's worth is based on her ability to produce babies.
This is not new. That's what makes it so disturbing.
You see it in the tudors. King Henry desperate to have a son discards his wives when they don't conceive sons.
A whole new church was created then.
And Indian women no need to say. Our bodies aren't out own at least traditionally.
Even for me I felt more accepted by my mum in law after kids arrived
So I started wondering... was my self worth based on my being able to have kids?
But no. I have always loved children. It's also a natural instinct to want to have babies. Survival of the fittest and all.
But i won't go so far to say to not want kids is unnatural.
See it's good of some don't want kids. That too is natural A small way of balancing the order in nature the number of people on earth.
My heart always goes out to those who want kids but can't yet have them given my personal experience .
So handmaid's tale. What is a woman's worth? A recurring theme in sci fi novels is to swing extra religious and into modes of extreme denial of pleasure following a time of binging on pleasure and excess. Surely the message is to preach moderation in all things including faith.
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