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    <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> and the Suffering of Women

    In entertainment, when does empathy become exploitation?
    by Sophie Gilbert Apr 25, 2018 5 minutes
    Source: Hulu

    This article reveals minor plot developments from the second season of The Handmaid's Tale.

    The most chilling scene in the early new episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale comes when a 15-year-old Econowife, Eden (Sydney Sweeney), shyly tells June (Elisabeth Moss) that her new husband refuses to lie with her. June gently explains that she should be patient, that the strangeness of the arranged marriage is hard for her husband, too. “I can’t wait,” Eden replies. “It’s our duty to God.” Then her face hardens. “What if I don’t? What if he can’t?” She wonders if her husband is a “gender traitor,” a crime that carries a death sentence in the theocratic Republic of Gilead.

    During the scene, the camera lingers—as it tends to do in on Moss’s face. The shock for the viewer comes as June processes what Eden has

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