"Sterile. There is no such thing as a sterile man anymore, not officially. There are only women who are fruitful and women who are barren, that's the law."
The problem is that they put steribility on woman and that it is there fault all of the time, never the man. Aside from that, there are even worse circumstances to this. Death is literal if you don't have at least one kid in the Republic. But it is hard for the girls though! Some men are sterile and it is not there fault. The childless woman won't just suffer, they can die.
Another quote,
"The stains on the mattress. Like dried flower petals. Not recent. Old love; there's no other kind of love in this room now."
This quote is very relevant to Chapter 10 because there are signs of depression Offred shows. The sign og love depresses her because she will never love again. Very sexually maybe?
This suggests she is very careful she might see something that can give her hope things will change. Imagery is important in this quote as well. This quote offered a metaphor that compares how there were stains from long ago sex which took place nowadays not evern a bond between two individuals.
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