"...nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from." (103)

            Offred's point here is that love is what their society is missing. Even though the women have sex, it is only for reproductive purposes, and they do not enjoy it. The men do not enjoy it either, because there is no love. Even in marriages, there is no love, because all marriages are arranged. There is no happiness, no natural falling in love. What Atwood is saying is that love is essential to life- without love, society would be miserable and empty. This ties in well to 1984, where sex was basically the same- only for reproduction. Both authors seem to agree that love is necessary for a good society.