Friday, July 8, 2011

Brave New World: 18

SEX = NORM


I do not understand how this society is so sex-centered. They have turned something that is so taboo in our culture into a common thing. Not only is it just common, though; it is expected. In the beginning of the book we see the young boy crying and running away from another girl. Then, the Director sends him to go see the psychiatrist as if something were gravely wrong with him. Maybe Huxley has it right, though. You pick up almost any movie and it will probably be centered around sex or have some sort of not-so-hidden sexual meaning and appeal. What if thousands of years from now, religion and morals will change so much that those things are the new norm?

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