You've come a long way baby

In the story " A pair of silk stockings " written by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Sommers gets 15 bucks a day. She invest those money in luxuries that were never available to her, such as going to theater, getting a pair of really good socks/stockings and visiting a fancy restaurant.  Her intriguing expression and curious demeanor shows us how new those stuff were to her. She looked around a lot and try to make the most out of her trip to the theater. She was also awkwardly shy when visiting the restaurant. Mrs. Sommers at this point finally understand the luxury and freedom never was available. Unlike Mrs. Sommers, Offred is relatively unfortunate. She wasn't even allowed to get lotion. The overall idea was miserable and the fact that she is in under control is beyond what we can bear. At this point in time, women have just as much freedom (maybe much more referencing to previous posts). In my opinion, its impossible to reverse this idea back, as many men betrayed their own sex and support the feminist in their movement to get more and more rights.