Hmmmm. This is the last blog post I have to write for this class.
The passage, or rather, passages I choose is how they outline the women's roles in society. I didn't like it. I bet that Mrs. Saunders didn't like it either. Really, any good, intelligent person would not like giving women set roles.
Here is an article about Sharia law, and here is another. What the articles describe is disgusting. The first one reports that Islamic states have rejected the UN's attempt to stop violence against women as it would violate their Sharia law. I find it hard to respect their Sharia law if it condone's violence against women, and I find it hard to respect those states if they abide by Sharia law. The second one describes how two teenage sisters and their mom were shot and killed for dancing in the rain. Seriously? It sounds like a sick joke. The two sisters and mom were dancing, a video of the dancing went viral, and so they were shot and killed. Apparently it violated the Sharia law. Hmmm. Further on in the article it reported that 77% of the people arrested for the murders in cases like this were acquitted.
The passage and articles are related in that they have laws that subjugate women. The passage is relevant to today's society because Sharia law still is in effect in many Islamic countries. And while in the U.S. we have no laws that discriminate against women there still is sexism.
Also, there is something that I noticed to. This book is obviously dystopic. It is dystopic in the United States though - Offred tried to escape with her daughter to Canada. It is dystopic due to the Religious law. And then in the real world most of the countries that are ruled under Sharia law (read: religious law) are not doing that hot either. Countries should not be ruled under religious law.
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