Margaret Atwood Talks Real Life Gilead Events | The View 

She did not marry the man she lived with.

If shes so great why doesn't she mention the fact that Muslim women are what her entire book is clearly based on?

@Dana Chapin If I wrote the same book I'd be more honest about the real world parallels and use modern day Islamic theocracy's like Saudi Arabia and Iran. She played it safe and used Christianity which came out of the dark ages hundreds of years ago so as not to offend white liberals who excuse modern Islam. That's all I'm saying.

@@grapeape888 Bruh she wrote this book in 1985 and their questions mainly stemmed around the inspirations she took upon as a factual basis for the book. Why would she mention modern day Islamic countries?

@@dorothyjelen1046 so?

I think they know what she is saying is dotty and absurd. The rest of them are hmm haa and just showing respect to elders. Like when grandpa goes off on a racist rant.

@@JamesCraigWhoop 😒🤦🏻‍♀️

Andrea Mendenhall It happened during slavery. Black women were breeders for plantations, especially when the trade from Africa was made illegal, but not the actual ownership of slaves. You had to continue to stock your plantations because of death, old age, disease, worn out bodies, etc. so black men and women were forced on each other. You would choose the Buck, strong man and a good woman with wide hips. You’d notice that the health and strength of their children already born and go for those traits. Sick.

Andrea Mendenhall I agree with that. The trouble is in the cases of rape and incest. Should women who get pregnant as a result of a sexual choice they did not and could not make be forced to have a baby? I’m with you on the “I made a mistake sex.” But the problem with overturning Roe is other women’s issues get caught in the net and it’s like the state saying, you must have a baby because you are a woman and you are pregnant.

@@coralday2009 and Andrea Mendenhall You guys are both missing the point. If you have sex willingly and don't have the choice to abort because the state has intervened against your will, you are de facto conscripted into motherhood regardless of your wishes. She's making a claim that the net effect is the same, which is why she's arguing the state -- if it takes such an extreme stance -- should pay for the child's very expensive and lengthy costs the same way people in the military are compensated. You can disagree but at least understand the argument.

B yes 😉

You gotta be on the lookout with brats like Megatron.

zurzak ne-etra I thought the same thing. I mean I don’t know if she’d be totally pro-Gilead but it sure seems like she’d agree with some of their ideas.

Pretty soon Roe v Wade will be overturned and abortion will be made illegal by death penalty. GET YOUR COAT HANGERS READY LADIES!!!!! Pregnant women are incubators, nothing more. Forced births should be used to protect the children, it works great in Honduras.

Honestly Gilead sounds like a conservatives fever dream

@@mosesking2923 ok troll 🙄

@@quantumwitcher9376 There are a lot of unfit people breeding these days. I dont think you have to be conservative to say we ought to extend the Bob Barker treatment to some folks

Instead of "men can do, therefore women should be able to," how about "men can do and men should not be able to"? Not allowing men to get away would solve that problem.

...OK where in the states are women being under another women being fucked and plus giving her child to them

​@@Adam-qu5uk forced surrogacy is happening all around the world - especially in countries where sex and child trafficking are rampant - think india and cambodia

Adam - A woman in Alabama was raped, and a judge ruled the rapist had a right to child custody. Anti-safe, legal abortion advocates do not care about children’s well being. They are interested in control.

I can't believe they wasted precious interview time with an icon to explain what one of the most famous books of the last 40 years is about. No one would do that with a Harry Potter book...

Blake McDaniel Judge is demented. Shouldn’t be judging anyone.

@HIghland Your god is a baby killer

I was secretly hoping she would and that we could watch Atwood politely flay her.

In the book, they have done away with most black people.

@@NaturalAdvisor is the book good

Ezekiel 3.6.9 it’s a great book. I read it 2-3 years after it was released and it made such an impression that I haven’t been able to watch the show. I never thought it would be so prophetic.

@@NaturalAdvisor hum, now you got my curiosity going. So book or series??

Ezekiel 3.6.9 I haven’t seen the series but I hear it’s good. Why not both?

You can’t imagine Saudi Arabia limiting women’s rights?! Unless something has changed, women can’t drive, must be escorted by male family members, cannot look men in the eye or speak to men, can’t show their hair, must cover their face…the list goes on. It was very hard teaching my female Saudi students because of the restrictions, but teaching the men wasn’t any different from teaching my American students. That right there tells you there is a severe limit.

Well that's what it is...

Correct, the unborn child is not a slave. Forced births should be used to protect the children, it works great in Honduras.

@@mosesking2923 you must be a man. No sane woman would spew the garbage you posted

I believe she used to do housework. She wasn't privileged and was once middle/lower class.

Yes. She’d clean up after herself. She seems so normal and down to earth.

tom fischer yes she became famous in her 40´s

Lmfaoo, I'm not American, but I know you are full of bs. A huge number of African Americans are moving to Georgia according to stats, is that so they have less job opportunities? Laughable. And as far as treating women poorly in your country, I don't hear any conservative musicians degrading women and calling them b**ches and wh*res in their songs, but hey, what do I know.... silly Jussie Smollet believers

I think it just comes naturally to her.

Slavery? Middle Ages? Ancient Rome? This periodically happens this is not the first time women have fought for their rights.

@@unnamed7158 But think about what actually happens in The Handmaid's Tale. Women being sent on 2-year missions (or is it 3?), being raped in some pervy ritual and then in Washington having their lips sewn up. Their marriages are dissolved and their children taken away. Sure, there have been regimes which have practised slavery, cruelty, rape. But in this particular way and to this particular degree, I don't think so.

@@CathyKitson Oh yeah I agree I will say the story is very exaggerated and the whole concept of unity among women at that level is pretty much non-existent if I have to be honest they would not just sit in assigned roles as humans instinctively crave freedom to self-determination so while womens rights has relapsed through out history I would say Gilead in America has 0% chance of happening.

Btw did you know Trump supports same-sex marriage and used to support partial-birth abortions which means while the mother is giving birth.

Slavery and the rape castles?

… feel free to go adopt a few unwanted babies. Get vaccinated and hand out condoms at bars. Unless, you have done any of that, you don’t give a crap, it just makes you feel good sharing your recycled talking points on social media. I’m sure Trump has paid for dozens of abortions yet, 77 million “Americans” still supported in November 2020.

@@scherzva The idea Mike is for young women to make well-informed decisions about their actions and the consequences of those actions when it involves the life or death of another human being. My issue is with much of our society and voices like Ms. Atwood speaking for an entire segment on “women’s rights” obviously including abortion rights without the mere mention of a baby, when in every case of abortion there is a developing child involved. 99% of girls/women engaging in sex do so of their own volition with peers, society and voices like Atwood’s encouraging them to focus on how sexy they look, what feels good in the moment, what men want, what other girls are doing, getting the Big O, among other things, all the while ignoring the most important consideration of all- whether she is prepared to extinguish a human life or not if one is conceived. Where is the CAUTION for girls today? The stop, take time to really think about what you’re doing, if this is the best choice, what the end result could be, ideally BEFORE entering a situation that becomes increasingly difficult to exit as physical intimacy drowns mental clarity. For those not ready to raise a child, asking, is my sexual enjoyment worth killing a human being if it comes to that decision?? Making sure she understands contraception is NOT 100% effective, and she may just years from being a child herself conceive a child. Helping her consider if she is prepared to raise a child now, or if she is prepared for the trauma of having that baby aborted from her womb and suffering possibly lifelong emotional/psychological issues?? It’s a controversial issue to be sure, but those are some of the things I consider having spoken with other women, seen what they’ve gone through, and dealt with my own personal issues with it. Thanks for listening.

@@nancyduhalde4679, abortion rates have been falling because of better access to FREE birth control and sex education, two things that The Political Right ignores www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2019/09/us-abortion-rate-continues-drop-once-again-state-abortion-restrictions-are-not-main. The reality is, birth control is not 100% and the "no sex before marriage" thing is BS that even my most religious friends ignored. The bulk of women who have an abortion already have kids. Maybe Biden's plan for affordable child care will help cut abortion rates even more. We have 400K kids in Foster Care in the US right now, obviously the "pro-lifers" like to ignore that. I don't see them racing to adopt babies that aren't white. I knew a few girls who forced miscarriages because they were underaged and didn't want their parents to know. I am not sure where people think that the government or male voters should dictate the reproductive rights of strangers, that's right out of The Handmaid's Tale.

@@scherzva I don’t doubt abortion rates have been falling in part due to better access to affordable/free birth control; however we must recognize the impact of pro-life initiatives as well. You may feel the Right ignores statistics/narratives from the Left, but I think it is more that we understand the bias of sources. Given the same event, two people reading from politically polarized sources could come away with completely different conclusions based on the words, tone, spin used and things omitted today. Understanding the bias of our sources is important. For example, some may not realize Guttmacher Institute is a pro-abortion/choice organization, named after former Planned Parenthood President Alan Guttmacher, so we can expect a slant to their articles; Media Bias places them Left-center, which I think is generous. Back to reasons for abortion decline, many mainstream journalists today support legal abortion and understandably don’t want to give credibility to pro-life efforts, however, a big reason for the long-term decline in the U.S. abortion rate is that a higher percentage of unintended pregnancies are being carried to term. In 1981, 54% of unintended pregnancies were aborted; that figure fell to 42% by 2011. Contraceptive access and sex ed are not the only things affecting decline; so too are pro-life educational, service, and legislative efforts. From what I’ve read, Mike, women who already have children sadly represent about half of abortions. Yes Biden’s affordable childcare I would expect to help. I don’t think waiting on sex until marriage will have any “outside” effect in a sex-driven society that considers the notion “BS” to begin with. Our kids are influenced by everything around them, peers, strangers, social media, pressure, magazines, billboards, everything. Yes many kids will have sex regardless, but today’s secular society does nothing to dissuade it, in fact encourages our children toward sexual intimacy without boundaries, not even dialoging on love, marriage or a committed relationship- the best scenario in which to potentially bring a child. I can’t speak for all pro-lifers, but those I know are well-informed on the abysmal foster care system in this country, and yes many of my own friends have adopted children, mostly non-white, so not sure what you are observing in saying you don’t see them racing to adopt non-white kids. My pro-life friends are involved in supporting women in crisis pregnancies, teenagers, giving of their time and resources, mentoring, counseling, shopping, caring on them. Many girls are just frightened and don’t know what to do and since secular society encourages pretty much one killing solution to take care of the “problem” (child), many find themselves struggling wishing there were other options of which they’re unaware. Pro-life organizations make them aware of those other options, including adoption by caring families and help if they wish to raise the child themselves throughout the pregnancy and thereafter. Well, Mike, we allow government to “dictate the rights” of strangers when it comes to abuse, assault and murder of children outside of the womb, so why not inside? Is it just a matter of location of the developing child? Because he or she is a human being inside the womb too. Good discussion; thank you!

​@@nancyduhalde4679, I understand why some people have issues with women getting an abortion, but why should men or, worse, the government dictate women's reproductive choices? The entire "pro-life" movement became "a thing" in the 1980s, just like same-sex marriage, and more recently, Trans Rights. It's a vehicle to instill fear, all the while working to restrict our rights. Just look at the bill DeSantis just signed in Florida today. Meanwhile, anyone who has been there is well aware that Florida is a disaster, especially when it comes to drug use. It's no different than women trying to dictate men's issues; it's not their business. They don't have a penis; I could care less that their opinions are, any more than I or any man should tell a woman that she HAS to have a baby. I am well aware that the GQP (That's not a typo, just a nod to QAnon) has introduced/signed several bills to restrict rights to abortions. There are two workarounds though, Abortion Tourism (to another state or abroad), inducing a risky miscarriage, or simply disposing of the baby upon birth. I know several women that had to terminate pregnancies for medical reasons, and it's not like they had the time for some lengthy and unnecessary legal process.

We're headed that route, trust me and people should be alarmed.

Incorrect. State your sources

Oh yes... I forgot about the part were women have never had sex without giving consent. Republican Steve King: if not for incest and rape ‘would there be any population left?’ Even he gets women have gotten pregnant through forced sexual intercourse... he just thinks he has the right to tell said women they have to carry and rear that child.

@@lovely-mk4rt Sorry I forgot www.statista.com/statistics/562541/birth-rate-by-poverty-status-in-the-us/

@@TH-tl6sy I am absolutely against rape as well.

@@JamesCraigWhoop No you’re not. You’re a woman hating dirtbag🖕🏻 Stuff your statistic, right winger. The planet is overpopulated by the human race, who by the way, is destroying themselves and the planet

@Ami Berman ok so then they have to work to feed the kids or give the kids to someone who can feed them simple..

I doubt you read much, dear, but if you do the research you'll find that even in cases where both partners have full time jobs, women do the majority of the domestic housework. Also, women's wages are negatively and permanently impacted when they become mothers. Men's wages remain steady or go up. ALSO a housewife raises the children, something that costs so much that *alone* covers her lost wages in most cases. Add in everything else and yeah, literally every woman raising a family, whether working outside the home or not, is vastly underpaid. Even if you're lucky enough to have a husband "who supports you". Like seriously what decade are you from?

@@unseeliesidhegoddess Women are made to do housework since they are biologically the weaker sex. If you're not ready to stay at home and take care of the kids, then don't get married and have kids. Simple.

Moses King TROLL

@@mosesking2923 LOL yes we are weaker but we are smarter thats facts.... women scam men everyday.

When you speak softly people often listen better because they have to actively pay attention and not play with their phone or fidget etc. Not everyone can be as abrasive as Meghan when they speak, some have more self respect than to squeal like a stuck pig, give me "boring" any day then at least I know there's a better chance of a proper conversation happening instead of a cat fight!

@@louisemckn Well you are right about that. I listen to people who actually speak slowly and articulately as opposed to those who scream and rant, jumbling up their words. I just thought she was too droning in how she presented her statements.

@Akash Samson There's plenty of old people who speak louder and faster while retaining clarity. It's not that I couldn't understand her, she just spoke way too slowly and her tone was very monotone.

@beth s Sure, whatever. Also, it's "woman" FYI

I actually like her speaking voice