Disturbing Mindsets

The whole concept of this society in the Republic of Gilead is all around very odd. Many of the mindsets that people have discovered and conformed to simply seem inhumane. It is disturbing how a group that has set themselves higher in society are so easily able to control the lives of others. From living in a world where people have the freedom to live their lives to a world where different groups are forced to live different ways just seems like a awful way of life. The way that the handmaids are made to sleep with the commanders is disgusting. People in this fictional society have become so obsessed with living along with what they perceive to be God's word they have become almost insane. The bible does state that children are needed but the way in which these people see that is most likely not the way it was meant to be intended. I guess what really bothers me about their ways is the ignorance that all have such as being forbidden to take a shower after sex and concepts like that. Also, to me, I don't feel that a child born from another woman and told to have their mother be another, is wrong. There are proven studies in psychology that show that an infant and their mother create a bond when it is first born and they are inborn with certain senses to find comfort in their mother from scent and sight more than any other woman or man. Another part of this lifestyle I find very disturbing is that way that the handmaids have to have sex. First of all, they are aloud to have sex for no other reason than to make children. Humans have sexual organs because it is a part of life and so to give a woman no choice in who she sleeps with is not the way that the system is supposed to go. Secondly, when it does come time to be with the commander, all the handmaid is allowed to do is lay there. Some say that that is their choice out of the slim amount of choices given but essentially it is rape. The only reason that these women give concent for these actions is because the other options are not any better if not worse. In conclusion, the whole system in the Republic of Gilead seems very corrupt and unnatural. Babies should be born to their true mothers and those women who are no longer able to conceive should not be cared for by the woman who are still blessed with that gift. They had their chance and they lost it.