In part, they don't all do so. But, the reason they do for the most part is... well... what're you going to do?
That's part of it. This is a topic that might get more involved later on. But, there's a big element of "here I am and it's not like I can be a revolution all by myself and if I were to try to form one, who could I trust and it's just easier just to believe what they tell us."
Another element is that this is Southern Strategy. This society creates a world in which the lowest of men is of higher station (and of greater inherent worth) than the greatest of women. And, that gives an easy go-to for a rush of superiority of one sense or another, not uplifting themselves but relatively doing so by pushing others down.
And, for the younger, more relevant to this particular post, there is the fantasy that they've mostly grown up in. It's been enforced upon them all their lives. To do otherwise is to break the fantasy.
All that, of course, on top of the promise of, eventually meriting wives and Marthas and, if the wives don't bare fruit, Handmaids of their own.
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Date: 2018-01-31 12:50 am (UTC)That's part of it. This is a topic that might get more involved later on. But, there's a big element of "here I am and it's not like I can be a revolution all by myself and if I were to try to form one, who could I trust and it's just easier just to believe what they tell us."
Another element is that this is Southern Strategy. This society creates a world in which the lowest of men is of higher station (and of greater inherent worth) than the greatest of women. And, that gives an easy go-to for a rush of superiority of one sense or another, not uplifting themselves but relatively doing so by pushing others down.
And, for the younger, more relevant to this particular post, there is the fantasy that they've mostly grown up in. It's been enforced upon them all their lives. To do otherwise is to break the fantasy.
All that, of course, on top of the promise of, eventually meriting wives and Marthas and, if the wives don't bare fruit, Handmaids of their own.