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What I've learned from the series (so far)

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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When you want to induce labor and have a nice, healthy baby as soon as possible, you just have to rape the pregnant woman.

Whaaaat? Now this is ridiculous. What where the writers thinking (or smoking)? How can they make us believe that Serena believes that to be the most natural way to induce labor?

On the other hand as babies are so valuable to all "believers" in Gilead, there is no way to assume that the punishment of Offred is considered to be more important by the Waterford than the health of the unborn.

What do you think?

[–] Mikester (121) 6 years ago

I think having sex to induce labor is a common 'knowledge' (or myth, anyway even i heard it)

That they are raping her, the nuts didn't totally see it that way, well, Serena commanders wife actually agreed that it's rape; June saying no no no over and over again made it pretty clear for everybody.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

> I think having sex to induce labor is a common 'knowledge'

OK, never heard that before!
So I actually did learn something from watching the series.
Wow and thank you!