Brave New World Men Vs Women Essay

In the dystopian novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Huxley constructs a world where its inhabitants are created and controlled by scientific advancements. While creating this World State, Huxley differentiates the portrayals of men and women, where men are dominant figures in society and women are only sex objects and not allowed into the highest caste system. This new society is designed so that it longer requires female jobs such as cleaning, cooking, and most importantly, childbearing. This means that there should be an opportunity for gender equality, however it is never achieved. In reality, men and women are not as different as some might believe and yet throughout much of the world, society treats men and women in equally, with women unjustly facing deprivation, absence of opportunities and diminished levels of investment in their well-being, education and so forth.

This is seen from women always belonging to everyone else beside themselves. This can best be seen in the conversation between Lenina and Fanny, where Lenina states, "I hadn't been feeling very keen on promiscuity lately. There are times when one doesn't. Haven't you found that too, Fanny?" Fanny nodded her sympathy and understanding. "But one's got to make the effort," she said, sententiously, "one's got to play the game. After all, every one belongs to everyone else” (Huxley 43). In this excerpt Lenina acknowledges her role in society as merely a sex object for men to consume, and yet Lenina and Fanny both do nothing about it because it is simply how society is constructed. The empathy felt for Lenina and Fanny while reading this shows how societal values, even though imposing and unjust, are willingly followed without a second guessing anything. A woman’s voice is nothing more than a whisper in Brave New World, often being