the situation with the Handmaid sums up pretty well how gender and the idealisation of servitude play into caste dynamics and the suppression of lowbloods specifically.

we all know how powerful Damara could have been - and we know she displayed some signs of rebellion as a young child - but the fact that she was reared for her specific role as a Handmaiden by a pair of nasty clown men from a very young age ensured that as an adult, the idea of fighting back never even crossed her mind.