In “A Handmaid’s Tale”, how does a “silenced” handmaiden eat?

In theory, the rings are removed so she can drink and eat. In reality, even Gilead wouldn’t do this - they need the women at peak health. Can’t risk someone choking on phlegm or suffocating beca… [Quora]( {NAME}'s Digest   Top Stories For You   [In “A Handmaid’s Tale”, how does a “silenced” handmaiden eat?]( [Tamara Wilhite]( Read the book • [Answered July 10, 2019]( [In theory, the rings are removed so she can drink and eat. In reality, even Gilead wouldn’t do this - they need the women at peak health. Can’t risk someone choking on phle... Read more »]( [View]( [516.9K]( [Upvote]( [336]( [Comment]( [18](   [Is Dune mysoginistic?]( [Just Dan]( I wrote the first Wikipedia article on "The Golden Path". • [Answered October 14]( [OQ: Is Dune mysoginistic? There’s a misogynistic. (That should’ve been in Cyril Figgis’ “There’s a Von Zeppelin suite” voice.†) Define the word. Words are abstract things and... Read more »]( [View]( [10.8K]( [Upvote]( [114]( [Comment]( [3](   [What is the SEO secret?]( [Gantari Citra Brahmanto]( • [Answered March 5, 2021]( [Google SEO Secrets For Ranking Quickly and Increasing Traffic In 2021 I often get asked if there are SEO secrets to doing good or great Google SEO and ranking quickly. Many ... Read more »]( [View]( [141.3K]( [Upvote]( [42]( [Comment]( [9](   [Do you prefer BTS or EXO?]( [Akshaya Sasikumar]( Multi-stan • [Updated September 4]( [First of all I’m a hardcore Army. I like EXO as well but I don’t keep up with them as much. These are just my opinions so feel free to disagree. In terms of vocals, EXO wins... Read more »]( [View]( [295K]( [Upvote]( [219]( [Comment]( [69](   [What are your thoughts on NCT?]( [Jamila Francis]( NCTzen at NCT • [Answered February 8, 2021]( [I’ll split this into sections, to make it easier to read and understand. Groups and subunits - The first point I’ll make is that SM even deciding to debut a group with this con... Read more »]( [View]( [137.1K]( [Upvote]( [474]( [Comment]( [11](   [What is Jimmy Page like as a person?]( [Tony Moir]( IT Management • [Answered October 4, 2020]( [My brother got Page’s phone number during the 80s from contacts he had in the music business as a recording engineer and occasional session guitarist. He called him on seve... Read more »]( [View]( [1.1M]( [Upvote]( [1.6K]( [Comment]( [83](   [Is Seventeen (K-pop group) bigger than EXO?]( [Teana Chan]( • [Answered May 21, 2021]( [Overall, if we’re gauging their entire career, no. Seventeen isn’t even close to where EXO was at the height of their careers. But EXO has also been around longer than Seve... Read more »]( [View]( [175.9K]( [Upvote]( [160]( [Comment]( [3](   [How good is Ringo?]( [Todd Lowry]( Arranged "The Complete Beatles" for publication at Hal Leonard LLC (1986-present) • [Answered February 9, 2021]( [As a drummer, Ringo wasn’t a technical virtuoso and he played left-handed on a right-handed kit. George Martin said that he couldn’t even do a convincing roll. However, Ring... Read more »]( [View]( [308.4K]( [Upvote]( [696]( [Comment]( [76](   [Why don't backlinks work in 2021?]( [Kelly Contreras]( I’m a software engineer for 10+ years • [Answered March 2, 2021]( [Backlinks are still important for SEO performance because they are the foundation of Google’s original PageRank algorithm and they work. There have been countless independe... Read more »]( [View]( [131.6K]( [Upvote]( [61]( [Comment]( [4](   [EXO-Ls, can you tell me why you support EXO after the problematic things they’ve done? I promise this isn’t an attack (I’m a new EXO-L so of course it isn’t) I just want to hear your reasoning.]( [Risini Mithara]( been a fan since 2018 • [Answered November 2]( [Hi, thanks for the question and welcome to the fandom! Hope you enjoy your time with EXO as long as you stay here! About your question, actually, I am not exactly sure of wh... Read more »]( [View]( [86.5K]( [Upvote]( [478]( [Comment]( [32]( [Read more in your feed]( Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.   [Download on the App Store]( it on Google Play](   Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please [unsubscribe](.