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    The Handmaid's Tale explores themes of oppression of women through regimes of surveillance and control of their sexuality and reproduction. In the novel, the totalitarian Gilead regime subjects all women to intrusive medical exams and strips them of control over their own bodies and reproductive rights. The television adaptation further develops these themes and the characters' resistance to the oppressive societal rules.

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    The Handmaid's Tale explores themes of oppression of women through regimes of surveillance and control of their sexuality and reproduction. In the novel, the totalitarian Gilead regime subjects all women to intrusive medical exams and strips them of control over their own bodies and reproductive rights. The television adaptation further develops these themes and the characters' resistance to the oppressive societal rules.

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    Sexual surveillance and medical authority in two versions of The Handmaid's Tale

    Cooper, Pamela Journal of Popular Culture; Spring 1995; 28, 4; ProQuest Central pg. 49

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