We see sex in Huxley’s world as abnormal and odd, but maybe it was the goal of Huxley to show how our world could develop these sexual habits.Ī completely different view of sexual customs is shown through the inhabitants of the reservations. The act of sex is controlled by a system of social rewards for promiscuity and lack of commitment, which represents a big difference to the way we see sex in our world. Another advantage is that they are all the same, so you can run ninety-six machines with the same person and don´t need to think about the different characters or mental attitude.Īll these sexual customs are determined by the World State. Alphas and Betas are left untouched, but the others have to go through the ‘Bokanovky´s Process,’ which allows scientists to create up to ninety-six full-sized adults out of one egg. At the beginning of the process they are separated in different castes, which represent the different parts of society, starting with Alphas, who represent the leaders of the World State, and ending with Epsilon, who are more animal than human beings, and represent the working class. If the World State needs new children, they surgically remove ovaries to bottle new kids. If a woman gets pregnant there are many abortion clinics in the New World where you can abort your baby. This is seen as an act of rebellion against the State. Also, the society is conditioned to exclude people who will get pregnant the normal, or traditional, way. Through this it is guaranteed that they don´t get pregnant. The women who aren’t sterilized have to use contraceptives, which is also part of the sleep-teaching education. That is why the World State sterilizes two thirds of them, which is done right after birth. In the New World, they can produce a lot of humans with only one egg, so they no longer need so many women who are fertile. This could be seen as an appeal to our society, that something in our world is going wrong and that we shouldn’t forget romantic relationships and emotions in our life.Īnother point is that the World State controls everything and decides whether women are sterilized or not. A real relationship no longer consists of two people it has become a big group. In relation to the World State in general, Huxley has removed any kind of relationship. So you can say that there is no longer a real relationship between sex and love, or sex and any kind of deep emotion. In the Feelies and in ceremonies they use sex to make people happy. Promiscuity is celebrated in different ways. When the people are older, sex becomes an act of release, an outlet, a form of entertainment, and is no longer a means of procreation. For them it is normal that children do such things and have fun doing them. For example, the children play erotic games in the hatchery and conditioning centre. Also sexual and reproductive habits are formed in this education. Through this, the World State is able to ‘form’ the people, so that things like free-thought and the fear of death don’t exist. When they are born, they are educated and conditioned through sleep teaching and electro shock therapy. Nearly all main characters in Brave New World are from this society. On the one hand there are the People of the Word State, who are conditioned. In the following text I want to show what different roles sex plays in Brave New World in different groups.

The people of the reservation can instead freely decide what they want to do or not. The people of the World State are conditioned, which means sex and reproduction are controlled by the World State. In the novel “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, different people show different ways of dealing with sex and love. Lernen → Essays Brave New World The Role of Sex in Brave New World The Role of Sex in Brave New World - Peutinger-Gymnasium Ellwangen (Jagst) Sie sind hier:

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