There’s a really weird situation where people think the Burka is imposed by men. I can tell you that in all my discussions with men, we’d prefer women to be walking around naked… What’s interesting is that the Burka is imposed by women, and enforced by women using the patriarchy. The same goes for The Handmaid’s Tale.

That too was a matriarchy, enforced by the patriarchy, but the men don’t like it. The Commander breaks the law to take Offred to a club so he can treat her like a human while having sex. The driver, another man, and his friends save Offred and her child. (which is the driver’s kid)

The book is also an insane flex of female fertility where the Handmaids from all socioeconomic statuses “cuck” the wives of powerful men. The book celebrates female fertility and weaponizes it against authoritarian cultures.

The Testaments, it’s sequal, doubles down on how the women enforced the situation.