Religion Magnifies Males Mindsets: Analysis

Religion Magnifies Males' Mindsets
Religions influence followers to put faith as their first priority—encouraging them to devote their lives to God. Unfortunately, this complete control of their lives creates ideal followers without individuality or uniqueness, which renders one follower as powerless. For example, monotheocracies have control over two major societal aspects: religion and the government. Moreover, monotheocracies dominating over their people through religion and governmental policies eases oppression similar to how Iran influences their people through religious holy wars (jihads) and veils for women (hijabs). A Marxist view of Iran critiques religion's impact on the oppressed recognizing and reacting to their suffering. In The
Thereupon, when a Handmaid greets another with "blessed be the fruit," the right response is “may the Lord open” (Atwood 19). Opening the womb is painful for Handmaids, since they have unwanted sex and birth is also painful, yet it is necessary to preserve the Caucasian race. Similarly, the Aunts at the Red Center reiterate God's request of children to humanity via His "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth" (Atwood 88) verse. Correspondingly, Rachel's demand for children, or death, followed by using her maid as a mediator and children deliverer depicts a Gilead Wife (Atwood 88). Contrarily, this is burdensome for Wives as they stress about birth, while Handmaids have a larger burden as their life depends on it—even though the wife Rachel said she would die. Nevertheless, this stress centers females' lives on birth, which permits the successful Caucasian production Gilead needs. Moreover, females cannot check which Holy words are made-up or left out (Atwood 89); this cruelty to withhold religious knowledge keeps women trusting the male leaders as God—”In God We Trust,” (Atwood 173) through good and bad