Book written by Margaret Atwood, mainly explores the theme of Feminism, but Marxist theory can also be applied to this piece of text. This particular book i feel shows both sides to feminism, one side is showing what happens when womens rights are taken away from them, yet the handmaids are vital in making sure the problem of low reproduction rates, showing that women are important in our society. Atwood is someone who is seen as a feminist and is evident throughout the Handmaids Tale. Marxist theory enters through the fact that society is a totalitarian theocracy, furthermore people have the right to receive a quantity of goods and services that is unequal to the quantity received by others. Also a stance taken by that of Gilead is that there are gender roles within society, similarly within Communist and Marxist theory. Atwood also delves into sexual themes and it almost came across as if women were just used as an item rather than taking into account their feelings it was only certain male characters who actually demonstrated consideration towards how female characters felt throughout the book. The aim of the Gileadean regime is on the control of sex and sexuality. They execute gays and lesbians; they destroy pornography and sexual clothing, they also kill abortion doctors and they outlaw divorce and second marriages, this underpins both Marxist theory and Feminist theory in this regime.