Margaret Atwood created a misogynist dystopian society in her novel "The Handmaid's Tale," and Hulu has recreated the novel in their Emmy winner series.

Even though this is a futurist story, the parallels to today's society make it hard not to connect the dots. As our country begins to divide itself from Republican or Democrats, Alt-Right or Alt-Left, Christian or Non-Christian; it would be easy for a religious militia to overthrow the unorganized government in office and begin to restructure the roles males and females have in our society.

Gilead is represented as a state of oppression of females. It begins with a drop in childbirth, which by the way, is a current issue; and the use of handmaids becomes a common practice for the wives unable to conceive their own children. Females with a high fertility rate are trained to become handmaids and are subjected to being raped by the male of the household as the wife participates. All the women in Gilead are oppressed, and that includes the wives.

The gay and lesbian society is systematically eliminated as many went back into the closet to save themselves. Many fled to Canada, but most were hung in the streets as a warning from the newly formed religious indifference.

June/Offred is the focal point of the show and her challenges of motherhood are resounding to women everywhere. She lost her daughter during the uprising of the new society that takes over the government and is propelled into the household of one of the founding members.

At the end of the first season, June/Offred has escaped and that is where her journey in the book ends. If you read the book you were intrigued to find out what happens next, as Atwood is contributing to the series and it makes all the difference.

We are now in the middle of the second season and after an attempt on the hierarchies lives by one of the handmaids, the women of Gilead are finding their voices. There is a scene in the market when all the handmaids begin to tell each other their real names, and as my daughter put it, "it was powerful for them to speak their names." The most impressing scene was Serena Joy asking June/Offred to help her edit the new laws Serena has created after the explosion.

June/Offred is the protagonist in this story, even though she is the model for all the victims. She struggles with the fear of never seeing her daughter again along with the thought of baring another child she might never know as well. She lives like all the other women in Gilead in a "fight or flight" situation daily and her intentions, though they may be in some ways selfish, are in the best interest of her never-ending yearning to be free with her children.

The first season was a complete set and worth binging to watch the entire series all at once. This season Hulu has changed their programming and we see only one episode per week. However, it gives everyone an opportunity to digest and wonder what will happen to June/Offred next.