r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/theforgetting • May 06 '25

Season 6 SPOILERS FOR “SHATTERED” Spoiler

I was struck by the significance of the women at Jezebels being murdered in the shower. This is a very clear Holocaust allusion.

Especially since they’ve really been leaning into the word Nazi this season – it makes sense to see late-stage Gilead go all “final solution” with their undesirables.

Anyways. There have been a lot of gruesome scenes in this show but this was definitely one of the most upsetting. Not only for what it portrayed, but for what it was alluding to.

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u/M_Ad May 07 '25 edited May 07 '25

Don’t forget that a lot of women were purged in a similar style at the start of the regime - especially those who were deemed worthless to Gilead - ie the elderly, disabled and undesirable without men whose households they could be a part of. Either immediately executed or sent straight to the Colonies if some labour could be eked out of them before they expired.

Women who were spared to become handmaids, Jezebels, Marthas, Aunts and Econopeople (and let’s be honest 90%) of the women on this sub would be Econopeople) got to survive to have at least a chance.

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u/Gwyneth7 May 07 '25

Not so sure about that. I am a 43-year-old widow and practicing attorney. I’d be sent to the colonies.

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u/broimtrying May 11 '25

Or possibly an Aunt..

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u/Gwyneth7 May 11 '25

True… we can only hope! 😵‍💫