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Comparing Gilead's Vocabulary Between Men And Women

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In terms of language, Gilead creates an official vocabulary within the society that ignores the natural order of a normal society in order to serve the needs of the new society’s elite such as the commander and the wifes. Having made it illegal for women to hold jobs and being restricted from ‘love’, Gilead creates a system of titles. Men are defined by their military rank whereas women are defined solely by their gender roles as Wives, Handmaids, or Marthas. Stripping them of permanent individual names strips them of their individuality, or tries to. Feminists and deformed babies are treated as subhuman, denoted by the terms “Unwomen” and “Unbabies.” Blacks and Jews are defined by biblical terms (“Children of Ham” and “Sons of Jacob,” respectively)
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