sex motiof Flashcards
WS controls population
through rigid control over sexual mores and reproductive rights
productive rights
are controlled through an authoritarian system that sterilizes about 2/3 of women
requires the rest to use contraceptives and surgically removes ovaries when it needs to produce new humans
act of sex
is controlled by a system of social rewards for promiscuity and lack of commitment
John
is tortured by his desire for Lenina and her inability to return his love
the conflict between his desire for love and her desire for sex illustrates the profound difference in values between the World State and the humanity represented by Shakespeare
as does Never Let Me Go
BNW explores the possibilities of scientific intervention into the natural process of the human life cycle