Intimate Relationships In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Since the beginning of the beginning, mankind has been known to crave intimate relationships; however, the start of the 21st century changed that for everyone. Intimate relationships, in American society, are no long as sought after as they were in earlier decades. As the society has progressed from longing for intimacy to casually asking for sex, they have become more and more like the Brave New World society that Aldous Huxley envisioned.
The New World is a society built completely off the basis of happiness and cohesion. Every person works well within their societal groups, and the standards are set and are not meant to be misjudged or overstepped. Therefore, the societal standpoint on intimate and sexual relations throughout Brave New World are presented in an extremely casual way. Intimate, one to one, relationship are not allowed, people cannot overstep this boundary, and the society works with cohesion. Any person can have sex with anyone, whenever and wherever they want to. The idea of being sexualized is completely casual.

The same idea is slowly presenting itself in 21st century, American society.

With “technological advancements” (Sumner) and “lenient parents” (Henschen) teens and young adults throw themselves into casual relationships – “with hopes of finding a steady relationship” (Estupinyà). Whether the New World society looks to find steady relationships or not, the people throw themselves at one another because it is the social norm for them. As young American society progresses, the teens and 20-somethings are doing the exact same thing. Casual sex and casual relationships are seen as acceptable more and more as the millennial generation becomes older. Men and women both look to have “hook-ups to fulfill love” (Estupinyà), just as Aldous Huxley presents in his

novel.
Casual sex is used to create a false happiness. Men and women look for someone to “camouflage… love” (Estupinyà) with. They present themselves as “sexual, promiscuous, and slutty” (Henschen) to grab the attention of the opposite sex, and the emotions shown are automatically “casual love” (Henschen). “Sex [is] advertised as more of a necessity for everyone rather than a promise with only one person” (Sumner) which is exactly the way Huxley forebodes his relationships.
The American and New World societies are presented in very sexually promiscuous ways, and the men and women allow it to happen. Without fitting into society, both sexes are degraded and treated poorly – in both worlds. Casual sex, and less intimate relationships are a normality in the American society just as Huxley presented in Brave New World, and as society begins to conform more around the millennials, it can only get worse. Sex is no longer sacred, it is just something that is regularly borrowed. Sex is something people “disguise as love” (Estupinyà) on their quest for happiness.