Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

A few stories from her book consist of young females, as young as fourteen, and their treacherous journey through adolescence with the title of “slut” weighing on their shoulders, when in reality it may not have been true or consensual sexual relations. Continued in her book, there are cases where women are asked about their sexual relationships and gynecology records when filing a lawsuit against people or companies for sexual harassment from males and payment inequality. When men were surveyed, 92% said that the double standards, that they themselves live up to, are unfair, but 65% said that if a woman they liked had slept with ten to twenty men the previous year, that they would not take them

Society celebrates when a man has sex for the first time and pushes them to continue, but harshly critiques women who fall on either end of the binary. When a woman chooses to wait to be intimate, she’s labeled as childish or a prude, but if she speaks too confidently of her sexual feelings she’s seen as impure. Angi Becker Stevens addresses this discrepancy between men and women’s sexuality, as well as infidelity, in her article Should Feminists Be Critical of Compulsory Monogamy? by critiquing how the act of a male engaging in cheating is viewed as more acceptable by society than a female participating in similar acts. She explains, “When men break the bonds of monogamy, they are seen as giving in to their base, masculine nature. But when women commit infidelity, they are viewed as not only betraying a partner, but betraying their virtuous, sexually pure gender role as well”. Stevens would critique this fraternity boy’s picture by first deconstructing the caption. The idea of leaving “with everything except her dignity” could carry the implication that the girl is lacking loyalty and cheated on her significant other, or the suggestion that her purity and reputation have been

Kaysen argues that one of the symptoms is “compulsive promiscuity” which is more commonly diagnosed in women” How many girls do you think a seventeen-year-old boy would have to screw to earn the label “compulsively promiscuous”? Three? No, not enough. Six? Doubtful. Ten? That sounds more likely” (158). Where is, the line drawn for women? The symptom “compulsively promiscuous” is vague at the least, and sexist at most, which is the reason Kaysen brought young teenage men to the argument as an illustration of society’s double standards. Uncertainty of life issues, lovers, long term goals, and career choices is another symptom of the disorder which Kaysen refutes “I still have that uncertainty. Is this the type of friend or lover I want to have? I ask myself every time I meet someone new. Charming but shallow; good hearted but a bit conventional” Kaysen goes on further” I guess I’ve had

“He’s a Stud, She’s a Slut” and forty-nine other double standards every woman should know by Jessica Valenti talks about the double standards women deal with on a daily basis, and how these double standards affect every woman. Valenti mentions some examples of double standards and how it affects women in the society. These double standards are perceived as acceptable to be applied by one group of people, but are considered unacceptable when applied by another group. In “She’s a Slut, He’s a Stud”, Valenti gives notable examples which I totally agree with as regards to how double standards affect young women in the society. In her examples, she gives an insight on how she had experienced double standards because she has a vagina.

Throughout the book, Bogle places particular attention to gender differences. Supporting Bogle’s findings, there is still a double standard for men and women. Participation in the hookup scene is risky for women, while men have few, if any risks. Women who behave too “sexually” in the hookup culture have to recognize that there are repercussions. These repercussions include damaged reputations, being labeled, and being ostracized by peers. Women can get labeled, damage their reputations, or ostracized by having too many partners, hooking up with two guys that know each other well, dressing in a seductive manner, constantly hanging around a fraternity house, or drinking too much.

Imagine a world without wars, famine, old-age or diseases, where everybody is happy with what they have and where people don’t complain. Imagine this place, where people do not discriminate each other for their skin colour or because of their religion. This is the situation of the Brave New World, the people there are divided into ranks, from Alpha Plus to Epsilon. But they don’t care about the classes, their mentality is simple; without the other classes, life wouldn’t be possible. The classes each have their colour, jobs etcetera. The people are never unhappy or discontent.

In the essay “Sexism in Practice: Feminist Ethics Evaluating the Hookup Culture,” ethicist Conor Kelly argues that the “four common features of [hookup] culture” (that is 1) “lack of commitment”; 2) “ambiguous language”; 3) “the use of alcohol”; and 4) overwhelming “social pressure to conform” [65]) injures the freedoms of all undergraduate students (more so for those who are female). While I believe that Kelly is correct as to his analysis of the roles which peer pressure, cryptic language, and alcohol are designed to play in the context of hookup culture, I disagree with his claim that students engage in casual sex to evade commitment. I will argue instead that students participate in hookup culture in search for enduring relationships and

The title, Brave New World, was not a randomly chosen title by the author, Aldous Huxley. The whole premise of the story is the creation of a Utopian society where everyone lives in a peace and happiness. Within this New World, babies are no longer naturally birthed from their mothers. Instead, they are developed in test tubes, on conveyor belts, and within machines in order to be created as perfect for this new society based upon motto: Community, Identity, and Stability. The babies are genetically modified and further conditioned to dislike or like certain things, so they will fit into one of the five castes: Bokanovsky System.

In the short story “Lust”, author Susan Minot sequentially recollects the past stories of an unidentified promiscuous young girl who details the sexual experiences she encounters with her previous partners. The characters within the story are illustrated in a fashion that emulates the level of disconnection between the narrator and them. The young men are mentioned and described briefly, specifically with relations to their behavior and treatment of the narrator. The main character desperately seeks validation through the men she sleeps with and is left with emotions of emptiness when they reject the proposal of substantial love. The main character actively battles with the desperate desire to be seen and wanted, however she continues to be

The novel, A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, in my opinion is not the most important piece of dystopian literature from the twentieth century. While my belief that this novel is unworthy of being known as one of the top five dystopian novels of the 20th century is partially based on the fact that I very much so disagree with his writing style and opinions, it is also based on facts found in his writing. Huxley's writing style is incoherent and waits to properly explain items or events, while his characters are immature and negative. The twentieth century also spawned various dystopian based novels such as Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and The Giver which I believe are far better than A Brave New World. The following paragraphs will expand on the

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley is a futuristic novel based on a troubled society, consumption of technology and genetically engineered people. Although there are various things about Brave New World that depicts a civilization much like ours. The representation of alienation is very prominent to what we experience daily. Just like in reality, the novel’s citizens are isolated and put into groups based on their looks, their ways of thinking and their job level. Like John the Savage and Helmholtz who are treated poorly for having different opinions, everyone in our society is judged for being unique. Linda and Bernard both suffer because they do not have youthful appearances which resembles to our modern perspective on human form. Then there are class systems where the citizens of Brave New World are sorted out depending to their job level and their intelligence much like in reality where we have upper, middle and poor class. One may think that there is a gross representation of society in this book but perhaps our society isn’t that much different.

driven to attract a man and pretend to be affectionate and then cast him off for another. Baron oversteps his boundaries of acceptable behavior by acting with force toward the desirable woman. The Rape of the Lock is both a scornful description of a ridiculous social situation and a serious analysis of consequences of flattering self-esteem and desire.

Upon reviewing the details of Why Nice Guys Finish Last, the author Julia Serano emphasizes that with society being the way it is, men tend to become “bad boys” because society and culture is brought up to believe that the way to win a womans heart and attention is by being sexually aggressive. Julia Serano argues that in order to recognize rape culture, we must first learn to understand the predator / prey mindset. In this essay, I will argue that in order to neutralize the predator / prey mindset, society needs to stop looking at women as the prey and the men as the predators. I believe that if society learns how to overlook men as being hunters and women as the prey, that would make the amount of rape occurrences drop massively.

In both George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, various methods of rebellion opposing totalitarianism – exhibited through the protagonists’ internal contrarianism - are demonstrated. While Winston Smith is arguably the most dissentient in Orwell’s novel, there are evidently multiple characters including the likes of Bernard Marx and John the Savage, who embody a mutinous nature in Huxley’s dystopian composition. Orwell’s particular lexis, which boasts a repressive society, outlines his concern regarding the rise in communism while Huxley’s lucid and taunting prose addresses his concerns apropos government control – both depicting societies far beyond repair. Comparably, Orwell and Huxley’s novella anticipate a corrupt future

People around the world tend to say that this is a man’s world, and in the novel Disgrace by J.M Coetzee, the author demonstrates how men are more “powerful” than woman through the way the characters use women for sex and the experience each women in the novel goes through. The three main female characters that demonstrate the different experience of women and sex are; Melanie, Lucy, and Bev. Melanie is a young, ex-student of Professor Lurie, who is beautiful enough to seduce a men but also vulnerable enough to be taken advantage by them. On the other hand, Lucy is neither old nor young; she does not care about her image and is a country woman, which makes her characteristics be less sophisticated. Lucy is an important character for sexuality, since she is a lesbian, giving her somewhat male characteristics also. Bev is an older, more experienced woman, with country characteristics as well. Each woman has different characteristics but all three of them contribute to the terms of sexuality and gender differences.