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/JaelAmara44 5d ago
I don't know in which chapter, but the boy who was going to escape with June was raped by a commander, they say it in a not very explicit way, if I'm not wrong it was "More than Gilead, run away from him, his commander has... inclinations peculiar" something like that, I don't remember well. So commanders use men of lower rank than them.