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What do you think of the world of Gilead and how women are treated?

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The world of Gilead, as depicted in "The Handmaid's Tale," is a dystopian society in which women are treated as second-class citizens and subjected to extreme forms of oppression. Women are stripped of their rights and freedoms, forced to serve as reproductive vessels for the ruling class, and subjected to strict control over their bodies and behavior.

The women of Gilead are divided into strict social classes, with the Handmaids at the bottom of the hierarchy. Handmaids are assigned to households and required to have sex with the male heads of those households in order to bear children for them. They are not allowed to read, write, or have any control over their own bodies or lives. Other women in Gilead are also subjected to strict control, with wives and daughters of the ruling class restricted to traditional gender roles and denied access to education, employment, and political power.
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The Handmaid Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood and publish in 1985.it is a set in a near future New England in partriachial known as republic of Gillead which has overthrown United States government. 
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The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same named by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016.
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The world of Gilead in "The Handmaid's Tale" is a disturbing and oppressive place for women, where they are reduced to objects and denied basic human rights. It is a powerful reminder of the importance of protecting and defending the rights of women and other marginalized groups. It also serves as a warning of what can happen when oppressive regimes take power.
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Handmaids are assigned to households and required to have sex with the male heads of those households in order to bear children for them. They are not allowed to read, write, or have any control over their own bodies or lives. Other women in Gilead are also subjected to strict control, with wives and daughters of the ruling class restricted to traditional gender roles and denied access to education, employment, and political power.
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