I read a comment somewhere on the webs: "'The Handmaid's Tale' isn't domination porn for men, it's subjugation porn for women."*

I wonder how many women just want men to stand up for themselves and say 'no' back to them. I also wonder if many women feel abandoned by men; as though men have walked off the stage and left women alone up there. I don't know if these men who always want to put the needs of women first in all situations - regardless of how disfunctional these demands are - are making women happier.

*I've heard that Atwood wrote her book as an allegory for the new 1970s regime in Iran, but later claimed it was to do with the US christian puritans - to avoid allegations of islamaphobia. Would like to hear her early words on this subject for some proof.