Sex In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

In a world that was created to control people and establish a perfect “utopian society” where an open relationship with sex is necessary to maintain the social order, the treatment of women within the scope of sexuality calls into question the equality of the sexes in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Throughout the course of the text, women are often subjected to the rules and expectation of the men, who also control the society. If they attempt to break free of the norm of society, they are subject to scrutiny. In particular, Lenina and Linda question the limits put on sex, whether it is promiscuity or monogamy, and both are reprimanded for it. The text shows the limitations of women in Huxley’s society and the difference in standards, in regards to sex, between men and women. The blame, and responsibility
By examining the lives of these two different women, one who lives in the modern society and the other who lives on a reservation, we can see that regardless of where they live, a women is expected to act and behave in a manner that is approved by society. There is a danger to stepping out of line.
Lenina, unlike Linda, lives in the midst of civilization where sex is supposed to be shared and practiced regularly: “everyone belongs to everyone else” (43). For Lenina, she is particularly attracted to Henry Foster, with whom she has been sleeping with for the past few months, without sleeping with someone else. However Lenina’s friend, Fanny, immediately responds to Lenina with an “incongruous expression of pained and disproving astonishment” (40). Fanny