Gender Status Controversy

Furthermore Status is a label that is best to describe someone by the action that they commit. People want always want themselves to have a great status such as wealth where as some others come unfortunate and have the status of gay and lesbian which as the republic of Gilead does not accept and also many societies today. The types of statuses include having a superior religion, Being LGBT and finally jobs that women had. Religion is a very important factor in the society of Gilead, they respect it a lot and from that society we learn that they are Christians because they refer to the book “bible” (Atwood 206) but there is such controversy with the bible book itself that it causes problems to influence women to have sex to produce more babies, …show more content…
The Martha that was standing up in the portrait was wearing a green dress, as it resembled safety, caring and trustworthy. The solitarian man also known as the commander is wearing a black suit, as the color black symbolizes intimidation, scary and unapproachable as its color gives of a strong look and creates fear in the eyes of people. You can relate this to today’s world especially in the country in India. India is known for its cast system in the north side of India whereas the south are filled with poor people, it come in relation to the marriages and status that the Indians desire the cast system is broken up into categories the priest being the highest, then farmers and fishermen’s being the lowest. The color the rich women wear are red saris which represents beauty and power and a prosper life that they have. The higher men wear black or grey which represents power intimidating and power as these people would wear to intimidate other lower class with the wealth that they …show more content…
If they denied they would be sent to the un-women colonies and clean up toxic waste. I can relate this to an ongoing case of prostitution in the United States of America where women identities and the jobs that they once had were gone as they were kidnapped and worked in whore houses for men’s pleasure. Despite the status of being rich and the status of women’s that they once had it lead to more crucial things especially if you were the status of a LGBT “The two others have purple placards hung around their necks: gender treachery. […] caught together, they must have been seen.” (Atwood 47) these kinds of acts are not tolerated in the republic state of Gilead and they would be hanged and brought to shame as they were identified as a gay or lesbian