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Questions: Film survey - The Handmaid's Tail
1. What is the function of sex in the Republic of Gilead?
2. What determines the social status and values of women in Gilead?
3. What controls propaganda and technology and Gilead?
4. What does the official propaganda in the Republic of Gilead, explicitly stated by Aunt Lydia at the Red Center and the priest during the initiation ceremony, suggest about the origin of the fertility crisis?
5. Which reproductive technologies and sexual practices are officially banned in the Republic of Gilead?
6. Men and women are not equally subjected to technology and technological procedures in the Republic of Gilead. Can you provide two examples?
7. What technologies are rejected in Gilead that could arguably be valuable in overcoming the infertility crisis?
8. In your opinion, what is the real reason for the ban of these potentially helpful technologies?
9. What is the official justification for the practice of assigning handmaids in Gilead?
10. If you had only one word to categorize what is referred to as 'the ceremony' in the Republic of Gilead, which word would it be?
11. Besides the handmaids, who suffers under the unequal and restricted use of technology in Gilead?
12. Is the scenario envisioned in the film completely off the wall or are there parallels in the actual world when it comes to gender, reproductive technologies, and/or religion?