In Huxley's fictional Brave New World happiness is equated with sex, drugs, and non-freedom, in our contemporary country, we can have happiness with out all of those things. In Brave New World sex is one of the primary sources of happiness (along with soma). Brave New World promotes promiscuous sex, and is very against having just one sexual partner (Aid). People aren't very accepting towards feelings in Brave New World, so when ever they feel depressed, sad, or some type of undesired feeling, they take a drug called soma. Freedom in Brave New World society is totally abolished; they do not have freedom of choice, speech, religion, and thoughts (Happiness). In our country promiscuous sex is looked down upon, and if someone is participating in it, then it is usually because they are in a serious relationship with someone, and is limited to only one partner. Drugs are not taken by everyone, people in our society deal with everyday emotions; we do not try to escape the reality and stress of life. Fortunately we have freedom of speech, religion, thoughts, feelings, and your beliefs. The government does not decide what you believe in, say or think. There is no conditioning, you like what you want to like, and dislike what you want to. Brave New World is different from our society.
             Promiscuity is promoted in Brave New World (Aid). People in Brave New World have sex with anyone they want, who wants them, and sooner or later everyone will want you. Sex is considered "socially constructive", and love, marriage, and parenthood are considered obscene and not thought of. It is considered very odd to be with one partner for very long because everyone belongs to everyone, Lenina had been with Foster for four straight months (BNW pg. 40).
             "But after all," Lenina was protesting, "it's only been about four months now since I've been having Henry." Fanny went on "I really do think you ought to be careful. It's such horribly bad form to go on an...