Rape

• Atwood introduces attitudes towards rape in THT when in chapter 7 Moira has written a paper on Date Rape, where Offred jokes that it 'sounds like a dessert'.
• In chapter 13, when Janine tells her story about being gang raped at the age of 14, the girls are forced to chant at Janine by Aunt Lydia that it was her fault repeatedly until she admits that it was 'her fault'.
• These attitudes of victim blaming are seen often in reality with countries such as Saudia Arabia and Sudan often blaming the women and punishing them as responsible to the rape.
• A survey in London in 2010 found that a majority felt that there are some situations where women are responsible for a rape attack.