Feminist Literary Theory
The Handmaid`s Tale
Stereotypical ideal`s
Females are expected to do as they're told, when they are told.
allowing males to whatever they please
Men pay the bills, women stay home take care of the children & do chores
Women are to get married & reproduce
Women are viewed as caretakers, keeper`s of the house, and a wife to please her male counterpart.
A woman can not survive financially or physically without a man to help her.
Inequality
Females have little freedom/control of their own body & speech.
Uniforms
Wage gaps between men and women
If a female did obtain a job, she would get paid much less then a male
Women are treated as objects one can use repeatedly.
"He doesn't mind this, i thought. He doesn't mind at all. Maybe he even likes it. We are not each other's, anymore. Instead. I am his"
When a character in the book loses her job her husband grows a sense of power over her, as if he owns her.
Power relations
Men are more respected in society.
Politically, economically, & socially