Good point! Is this how it starts? Is she kidding? The Handmaid's Tale is a cakewalk compared to some of the dystopian realities facing many woman across the world in regressive societies run by religious zealots who demand absolute submission from females under the guise of religious piety. FGM, restrictions on leaving the house without a male companion, stoning, lynch mobs - the politically correct tunnel vision of "progressive" writers is embarrassing in the context of today's inconvenient realities. Driving a car, leading independent lives, wearing jeans without fear of a beating from the morality police - these are foreign concepts to millions of women across north Africa and the middle east. This article would be comical if not for the sad realities facing so many women across the world on a daily basis. I have read the Handmaid's Tale.