"Women can't hold property anymore, she said. It's a new law. Turned on the TV today?" (178)
Atwood creates this war against women's rights that serves as the basis for the happenings in this text. Women aren't allowed to have money anymore, or to buy things. Everything they had went to their husband or closest male next-of-kin. Women can't even have control of their own bodies enough to procreate on their own without some sort of scheduled routine. Once people start making laws like the one Moira tells Offred about, life for all women just starts on a steady downhill. Atwood's point in making this ultimately contrasting society could either be a result of her displeasure with the increasing sexuality of society, or could be an exaggerated expose of the remaining misogyny.
past tense? And what is the big point Atwood is trying to make?
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