Explore in Detail the Presentation of Sexuality and Male-Female Relationships so Far Brave New World. What Possible Motives Did Huxley Have for Writing This Way?

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In Huxley’s Brave New World the men and woman have very different roles in society. The women are seen as inferior to men, for example in places of work where a position of power is needed a man will have this job because men are represented as being mentally superior to women. This is relevant to most of the situations in Brave New World. When it comes to situations of a sexual nature then men are held in a higher standing than women. The motives behind Huxley’s depiction of women in this way is to sort of poke fun at Sigmund Freud’s theory that the origins of all inner conflicts are the family. In a Freudian culture you can have sex with whoever you want whenever you want; which is free love. Men are seen to be superior to woman all through the first part of the book; the book starts by showing that overall dominance. The tour of the young boys through the Hatchery gives a small insight to how woman are portrayed in the book. During the tour they meet a nurse called Lenina; before the group even starts talking to her they stand and ‘watch her’ for a few minutes. This indicates how men see women as things to be looked at and the only important thing is how they look. When Mr Foster does eventually talk to her she responds with the word “Henry” like she is pleased to see him and that they have possibly met before, maybe even had a previous sexual encounter. The book also says that she smiles readily at him, this indicates the sense of hierarchy in the book as if she is almost programmed to smile at any man that comes her way because she knows that they are better and she must be courteous to them. The Director then flirts with her by saying the words “Charming, charming”. This shows how the Director sees women; he is purely looking at her in a sexual way, nothing more. When he says those words he is commenting on the fact that she is good-looking: he then pats

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