Hand Made For Men

Since the beginning of time, women have had to fight for rights that the male gender has never had taken and could never be taken from them. A society that has continuously controlled women and will try to keep it that way. As a young girl growing up in the 21st century, I have not personally seen the depths that this control has gone too. However, I have some knowledge of the history between men’s rights and women’s rights and the weight that they held in their time. Starting with marriage, women could not own anything, could not handle their own money, and did not have to consent to sexual occurrences for them to happen. Women were not able to buy land, or own anything in their name unless widowed. Voting was also another right that women did not have until late 1919 and in some places, not untill1940. Now in the present day after massive success in the Roe v. Wade case, women are under attack again. Men in Alabama and several other states, as previously mentioned in other blogs, have put forth heartbeat bills or overall abortion ban bills. This law also involves the criminalization of women who attempt to have an abortion, as well if there is suspicion of forced miscarriage. This criminalization will be the death penalty.
The events that have been happening and will continue to happen seem oddly familiar to a famous book and now show called The Handmaid’s Tale. In this series, women are held against their will for their services such as reproductive organs, cooking, and cleaning. Not only is this how women have been looked at for a long time, but it is chilling how realistic this dystopian society is in comparison to ours. Men in the book and show are the leaders, rule makers, sexual abusers, physical abusers, and mental abusers. There is a sequel to the book The Handmaid’s Tale coming out soon, and season 3 just started. I believe it could not have happened at a better time to show our society just how close we are to Gilead. Praise be.