Submitted by chinawcswing t3_y1t7yd in books
I read 1984 and Brave New World as a teenager and recently reread them.
I found it interesting that in these two different dystopian worlds, sex is treated entirely differently.
In 1984, the government encourages minimizing sexual activities to procreation among party members, which the author implies is a mechanism to oppress the people.
In Brave New World, the government encourages wide spread sexual activity and discourages monogamy, which the author implies a mechanism to oppress the people.
Has anyone thought much about why these two authors took a completely different approach on the topic of sexuality?
[Edit: discourages monogomy, not oppression*]