How Did The Gilead Republic Created A Violation Of Human Rights

. Although the Gilead Republic believed that they have created a system in which women were protected from the violence that were done against females, this theocratic government was involved in taking away human rights and dividing people into distinct classes. When the Gilead Republic came to govern the US, it showed that they secured its people very seriously and protected women from violence and rape because women were often sexually harassed and raped in the Pre-Gilead Republic. The Gilead Republic created a law that restricted people from any violence because they created a service for this matter called the Eyes on them and stopped anyone who tried to break the rules and punished them seriously. Therefore, women were told and understood
For example, the Handmaids were not allowed to go outside by themselves, but they could go outside once a day in pairs for shopping. According to Offred, “The guards weren’t allowed inside the building except when called, and we weren’t allowed out, except for our walks, twice daily, two by two around the football field which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire” (Atwood 14). Also, they could not wear what they wanted because they were required to cover all of their bodies so that their bodies would not be seen. For example, Offred mentioned her clothes in a sentence and says, "Everything except the wings around my face is red; the colour of blood, which defines us. The skirt is ankle-length, full, gathered to a flat yoke that extends over the breasts, the sleeves are full. The white wings too are prescribed issue; they are to keep us from seeing, but also from being seen" (Atwood 18). The Handmaids also were not allowed to marry at all because they belonged only to their Commanders. Furthermore, they had forbidden education for all of the applicants because education itself could have encouraged people to protest against them. In addition, one of the basic rights of human beings is their own names, in other words what they what to be called by. In the Gilead Republic, their Commanders gave names for the Handmaids. For example, the narrator of the book is in the
For example, the Commanders were at the top and had the major role and power. However, the Handmaids were at the bottom of all of the classes because they didn’t have any power, and they were belonged to their Commanders. The Handmaid rights were much less than the other classes. The Commanders were much authorized than all of the classes. For instance, one of the classes was the aunts who were responsible in re-educating the Handmaids and brainwash them in order to make them believers of the system. Another class was the Guardians who were in charge of protecting the commander houses and watching over any circumstances that may happen against the system. The Guards were given guns and picked from the Angels to threat the Handmaids. As Offred said, “Guns were for the guards, specially picked from the Angels” (Atwood 14). Consequently, the guards were more trusted and authorized than the other classes because the government solely picked them. Also, some of the Guards were so trusted that they were given jobs which violated the rules. For instance, Serena Joy, who was the Commander’s wife, picked Nick to have sex with Offred so that she could be pregnant. As Serena joy states, “I was thinking of Nick… He’s loyal. I could fix it with him” (Atwood 217). Additionally, these classes were made to split people into different groups, and each group was given a particular duty by the