January 14, 2016
Although Cass Sunstein and Robin West, cited in the article, state that George Orwell was wrong to think that there is a connection with political repression and the sexual repression rather than the repression of women, I don't think that was so off track. No matter how you look at it, the qualities that this utilitarian society prohibits are simple, natural actions of human beings. It was a crime to have your own thoughts about anything outside what Big Brother expected of you. There's not a lot of leeway there. Showing any type of emotion was considered suspicious. Taking different paths to your home suddenly is suspicious. You can't trust anyone because literally ANYONE could be thought police. That simple man that was thought to just own an abandoned shop was an undercover cop the entire time. Condemning sexual practices out of pleasure works the same way. Assigning sex to only one purpose, which would be to have children, makes it seem mechanical. As much as parents and even people my age complain about how centralized sex is in our culture and the premature exposure to it as children, sex is a very important thing. A necessity, if you may. Aside from the fact that it allows procreation, it is simply a human desire. Humans are inclined to make deeper connections with one another through it. And not to mention the numerous benefits physically and mentally that come from it. Repressing sexual desire through love or whatever in a nation removes the feelings of being in control, feeling confident, and being happy in general. In addition, sex is usually done in private, but in this world, you have no privacy. Your every move is seen, recorded and probably able to be calculated from constant surveillance. Each person loses a part of their natural nature. You become less human. And once you're less than human, you're a lot easier to control.
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