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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m so confused by the Lincoln memorial scene. How did June and Serena have a major smack down and June have a poignant emotional break, all while a thousand handmaids in their Dress Reds are kneeling in Olympic ceremony  choreographed rows facing them?

One thing I did like in this episode: I think the multicultural kids of commander Stabler helped emphasize that those kids aren’t theirs. They are basically stolen children. Serena asking “are they all yours?” kind of reinforced that, but also reminded us how blind she is to biological motherhood so that she can justify the messed up handmaids dynamic. [/quote]

Nice adoption slam.  The dynamic is rape and child stealing but being a mom has nothing to do with biology.[/quote]

DP. Oh, come on. It's a show where children are literally stolen from their parents in the name of God and women are raped by men to produce children that are then taken from them and given to their torturers. For the culture to work the concept of parenthood has to have been completely removed from biology. That was PP's point.[/quote]

Also, please don't tell me you are legitimizing Serena's claim to the baby because she "feels" like her mother. She held June down while her husband raped her, and when that didn't work she had her "mate" with the chauffeur. She doesn't deserve to be anyone's parent.[/quote]

I’m the first PP quoted here. You know, I debated including a disclaimer that my “biological motherhood” comment was in NO WAY meant to demean adoption or non-biological parenting. But then I (mistakenly) thought, nah, the DCUM audience is smart enough to know what I meant. That I was clearly referring to the fictional plot line of children being conceived out of enslavement and rape and then the biological mother being forced to have her child taken from her in an “ownership” sense, but be raised by her non-biological rapist “parents” right in front of the handmaid. Sorry if reference to biology and parenting was triggering. It is clearly an integral part of the series. [/quote]

You do realize there are plenty of shady adoptions that happen every day.  And, not just about the biological mom, but to the biological dad and others as well.[/quote]

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