1. Within the first two chapters, what hints does the narrator drop to reveal the limitations of women’s rights in this society?

The narrator recalls what used to happen in high school gyms. She thinks about the athletics, the dances, and the awkward sexual encounters. Now she sleeps alongside other women in the gym, in army cots with spaces between them. At night, Aunt Elizabeth and Aunt Sara patrol with cattle prods they will use if anyone misbehaves.