r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Taiwan_ • 5d ago

Gay Men at Jezebels? Question

One thing that I had been thinking about recently. In Season 3 we saw Commander Winslow have a bit of an implied gay side to him, likely he was bisexual. It did get me thinking, instead of just murdering all the gay men, is it possible that some were thrown into Jezebels to satisfy some Commanders' closeted homosexuality or even threesome fantasies?

Could this possibility also extend to other LGBTQ+ groups? I can see trans women working at Jezebels as well to satisfy some Commanders who are into trans women, because I know some men love trans women for some like emasculation kinks and we all know Commanders love their power play.

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u/ZongduOfArrakis 5d ago

I think it's more likely that extremely high-up Commanders would have to make their own private arrangements via their trusted agents. Jezebels seems to be a fairly large-scale unofficial part of the system as the country club in S4 was also a 'Jezebels' set up in the same way as the Boston clubby place. Commanders probably have their limits and also wouldn't want certain hardliners to easily get a more damaging type of dirt on them.

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u/Taiwan_ 5d ago

I mean, yeah, I guess that's true. But I think it would be reasonable to assume that some Jezebels establishments have different offerings.

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u/soaringmeadows 5d ago

I would imagine the same. IIRC, we see two men dancing at the Keyes farm in season 4. So I would guess Jezebels would entertain all sorts of preferences.