gender

Question 1

“We exchanged _____: Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.”

Answer 1

“We exchanged names: Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.”
Secret naming as a tiny reclaiming of identity under totalitarian erasure.

Question 2

“Everything except the _____ around my face is _____.”

Answer 2

“Everything except the wings around my face is red.”
Uniform as enforced gender “brand”—Handmaids reduced to reproductive colour‑code.

Question 3

“We are _____ wombs… _____ chalices.”

Answer 3

“We are two-legged wombs… ambulatory chalices.”
Women wholly defined by reproductive function.

Question 4

“A thing is _____… only if it is _____ and hard to get. We want you to be _____, girls.”

Answer 4

“A thing is valued… only if it is rare and hard to get. We want you to be valued, girls.”
Patriarchal framing of women as precious commodities. ​

Question 5

“The sheet intersects me so that the doctor will never see my _____. He deals with a _____ only.”

Answer 5

“The sheet intersects me so that the doctor will never see my face. He deals with a torso only.”

Question 6

“_____ is envy… I envy the Commander his _____.”

Answer 6

“Pen is envy… I envy the Commander his pen.”
Medical anonymity: the female body is objectified, identity stripped

Question 7

“My mouth tastes of _____: fake _____ and plaster.”

Answer 7

“My mouth tastes of toothpaste: fake mint and plaster.”
Medical anonymity: the female body is objectified, identity stripped

Question 8

“Time as _____ sound… If only I could _____.”

Answer 8

“Time as white sound… If only I could embroider.”
‘Domestic’ crafts become both refuge and shackle—women’s hands are never idle, but their work is trivialized

Question 9

“This man… convicted of _____… The penalty for rape… is _____. _____ 22:23-29.”

Answer 9

“This man… convicted of rape… The penalty for rape… is death. Deuteronomy 22:23-29.”
Biblical patriarchy weaponized: state‑sanctioned violence masquerades as divine justice

Question 10

“What we are supposed to feel… _____ and _____. This isn’t what I feel. What I feel is _____.”

Answer 10

“What we are supposed to feel… hatred and scorn. This isn’t what I feel. What I feel is blankness.”
Collective gendered brutality erodes individual moral compass—women become complicit witnesses. ​

Question 11

He hasn’t been issued a woman