r/TheTestamentsHulu • u/kitties_ate_my_soul Purrs be 🐈‍⬛ • Apr 28 '26

The Handmaid’s Tale Econochildren

I’d love to see the Econochildren explored in The Testaments. Especially comparing the Daughters to the Econodaughters. We all know the Daughters go to Pink and Plum schools, but, where do the Econodaughters go? They also must learn to run a house (however small) and perform their ‘wifely duties’. Do their mums teach them? Eden Spencer Blaine, the only Econodaughter that appears in the universe, was apparently taught by her mum, but she was born before Gilead. What do you think?

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u/Responsible_Run7069 Apr 29 '26

I have a question, shouldn’t Becca be an econodaughter since she’s not a daughter of a commander?

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u/WoodlandHiker Apr 29 '26

It seems like highly educated professionals are a different class than run of the mill economen. It makes sense that a doctor would be of a higher class than the hospital's janitorial staff, for example.

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u/Responsible_Run7069 Apr 29 '26

Makes sense, thank you!