The section starts with Offred sharing information about the monthly doctor’s appointment, an appointment to which she is escorted by a Guardian. The doctor is inappropriate during the exam, fondling her breasts before announcing that she is healthy. The doctor also shares some astonishing news, that most of the Commanders are sterile. This news shocks Offred, as Gilead’s laws dictate that only a woman can have reproductive issues (Atwood, 1985). Also, claiming a man was sterile was illegal, and punishable. The doctor then makes his intensions clear, touching Offred sexually and offering to ‘help’ her conceive a child. Offred refuses but is frightened that the doctor may falsify the report, and this will make her be sent to the colony of ‘Unwomen.’