In this passage, Offred sits in the bathtub, comparing the way she saw her body in the past with the way she senses it now. She thinks about this memory in terms of menstruation. Its only importance in this age of Gilead is to imbibe the commander. If Offred shows even the slightest sign of a menstrual cycle, then she has experienced failure. Offred feels disembodied because Gilead only values ​​her for pregnancy and she no longer feels a connection to her body. Gilead only values ​​women for their pregnancy. In this dystopian novel, Offred experiences disembodiment. Offred proclaims: “Once again, I have failed to meet the expectations of others, which have become my own” (Atwood, 73). Discomfort grew at the idea that she was not meeting the expectations of others in her society. For Offred, meeting these expectations is her only way out. Therefore, their expectations have also become his expectations in life. Simultaneously, these feelings of discomfort detached her from her body. Her body is no longer its own instrument of advocacy...