so when are they going to address Commander Winslow's gayness?
There must have been some point to showing us his interest in Waterford, right?
And now it's already apparently been months since they met.
Thank You! I just watched the latest episode (7/31), and was thinking the same thing! He had her on the bed and told her to turn over and I was sure she would be given all the ammunition she needed to take him down politically. However we got a truly wasted plot-devise and a wasted character in Christopher Meloni. (A great actor). The way he was unceremoniously disposed of makes me wonder if the writers are sacrificing good story lines because of the backlash of seasons 2's tough to digest scenes, which most people derided as "torture porn". This is a show about a dystopian world, of coarse some of the story lines are going to be hard to watch. That doesn't mean they should not be explored. If anything, they serve as a warning of what may come to pass if we are not careful to check ourselves.
shareand I was sure she would be given all the ammunition she needed to take him down politically
What do you mean?
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Yeah, a handmaid would have a real hard time trying to prove an accusation against a commander. She would basically need a male witness and none of the men would be willing to go up against him publicly.
sharenot really. Janine publicly said that her commander had relations with her behind the wife's back and promised her things and he had his hand lopped off. this was at the bridge when she tried to jump with the baby.
shareExcept that what does telling her to turn over even prove?? Straight men have sex doggy style, as well as anal sex.
I really don't understand what point that commenter was trying to make with that.
I mean that he wanted to sodomize her.
shareThat is not a proof of homosexuality. As I stated in the above comment, straight men have sex doggy style, as well as anal sex. Telling her to turn over, by itself, means literally nothing.
Ok. All of that is true in real life, but, in the show it is a trope. There are several instantses where a homosexual male who is married with a family would go out and pay woman hookers for anal sex. Couple that with the camera shots of him gazing either longingly or suspiciously at Fred, and you can see where I might draw that conclusion. He is obviously in the closet and finding a gay partner in Gilead would likely get him executed. So, he finds "Jezebels" and treats them like men. I doubt there is a Jezebels that caters to gay men since that would be considered a gender crime. As would, I think, anal sex with boys or girls.
shareSomeone doing it from behind to a woman doesn't automatically mean anal sex. Vaginal sex from behind is doggy style. Just making a woman turn around does not automatically mean they're about to have anal sex.
shareEven if it was for anal sex, though, I am sure anything goes at the brothel. When June came out all banged up, no one bat an eye - I would guess commanders can maim and mutilate (probably even kill) the Jezebels with complete impunity, let alone use all their orifices.
Ok, but how can they be sure that the Jezabels aren't secretly working for the Eyes? They even place members of the Eye in commanders homes, why not at a brothel?
shareWhat is it with you, taking months to reply each time?
Doesn't exactly make for a meaningful exchange, so I see no point in continuing.
You'll probably see this message in only three months anyway.
Sorry. I'm a busy person. I don't get to spend much time online for my personal enjoyment. I reply when I am able to. I don't mean to be standoffish.
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