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Thank you We sneak in the handmaid's tale Sex I

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ll ashman What does the bible say about sex Well

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i guess the first thing i'd say is if you

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go back and read the bible not like thinking about

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the stories themselves but actually read the words of the

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bible It's kind of dry like we kind of look

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at the stories and stories themselves are very meaningful But

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the way it's written is just very like they did

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this They did this you know began begat began So

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that's not going to make someone think like oh there's

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so much love happening right It's Just kind of like

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how it works What's the deal with husbands having sex

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with handmaid's what's happening The handmaid's tale is that again

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for whatever reason environmental causes people are infertile and and

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the government has decided that this is where things fault

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And so they placed the blatant solely on women It

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doesn't matter if a man is infertile way had no

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idea You know if for example the wives are the

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ones who infertile But if they're sleeping with her husband

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and not getting pregnant then it's their fault Exactly How

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did the husbands and handmaid's get it on What they

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do is they have the handmaiden This again very ritualistic

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They have the handmade sit between the legs of the

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wife and have sex with the husband in that position

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which actually does come from the bible in the kind

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of story was talking about with rachel it's not necessarily

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described very specifically But the language implies that the servant

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would sit between the legs of a woman What does

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the bible say about sex What's the deal with husbands

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having sex with handmaid's How did the husbands and handmaid's 00:01:49.768 --> [endTime] get it on

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