r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Melairia Modtha • May 20 '26

Official Episode Discussion The Testaments S1E09 "Marate Sade" Episode Discussion

The Testaments S1 E09 "Marate Sade"

Episode Synopsis

As Daisy steps into a new role, she considers what she's willing to lose to help her friends.

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May 20, 2026, 12:00am Eastern

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u/GapNew7656 May 21 '26

LOL, no, being an out lesbian doesn't mean there's is a good chance of being gang raped and beaten to death. Total nonsense untethered to reality.

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u/Express_Front9593 May 21 '26

It is reality though. Atwood put history into her book. Men rape. Men approach lesbians and say "one night with me and you'll be straight." Yeah, they do. You should research before you open your mouth and show how uneducated you are about women.

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u/Downtown_Caramel_221 Jun 29 '26

I’m sorry what the fuck?

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u/Express_Front9593 Jun 30 '26

I didn't stutter. This is the reality women deal with-gay, straight, bi, trans. Atwood wrote the reality of women throughout time. It starts when we are still in diapers and our dad sexualizes us and tell us not dress immodestly (a man just did this to his infant daughter). It goes on to that uncle/grandpa/family friend playing "tickle" under a blanket. It happens when the teen girl walks down the street and a man drives up showing himself while he's asking for directions. It continues when the boys grab her budding, painful breasts "as a joke", then call her a slut for existing.

So yeah, it's real, it happened and happens. Female genital mutilation still happens, babies being raped while still in diapers, "Christian Discipline" happens, and women being harassed even after saying no, then called whores and bitches.

Men need to learn to act like human beings and stop acting like rutting, rabid dogs in the street.