Most people in country don't ever give a thought to "The Handmaid's Tale" or "Margaret Atwood" it's just the the media class and university types don't think  most of the people in the country are worth considering and they just focus on their own nonsense as some kind of  a new gospel of humanity.
For me that fact the author so casually and insolently refers to the President of the United States with these words, "Sure, he’s a sexist pig." is far more telling of where the status quo is really at in Canada. Disgusting disrespect. 
The author claims, "And more people than ever are convinced that women’s rights are under existential threat."
Well Ms. Wente, a white man's right to dignity and respect have already been destroyed in your Canadian dreamland of today and your disgusting insolent tone is only proof of it.