I read the book when I was younger and braver.  I can't watch the series.  I think the story is powerful, it depicts an aspect of a cultural past that is true, and a present that is true for many women today - women as powerless, to be controlled by men, and treated by law and custom as a step or two above beloved breeder cows.  
 
I am glad it has been made into a series, glad other people, especially women, will see it.  I am not at all sure that younger women know how hard it has been to create the changes that have occurred in making room for women in the law, in careers that used to be closed to them, in pay.  And, I think it is still a fragile thing, possible that the clock is turned back.  

I consider it a danger sign that someone with the morals and reputation of Trump was elected president of this country.  I want women to remain on edge, nervous and watchful.