The attitudes toward these three elements of society are
essentially opposite of what our society believes. In the World State, the citizens are
required to have sex with many different partners. They are forbidden to stay with one
partner because if they were to find a "mate," they might fall in love and that is not
allowed. Lenina and Fanny have a conversation about this in the beginning of the story.
Lenina feels an attraction toward a man and Fanny warns her that she might get into
trouble if she keeps going out with him. This is also demonstrated in the "Orgy-Porgies"
that are held, in which the citizens have sex with multiple partners at one
time.
On the other hand, the society does not allow
marriage, for the reasons mentioned above, and "family" has been deemed a bad word. The
leaders of the World State have taken extreme measures to eliminate feelings of "family"
and "love" in an effort to ensure complete loyalty toward the Society and its rules.
Marriage and Family go completely against the idea that "Everyone belongs to Everyone
else." If people were allowed to develop feelings for each other, the society would
fail.
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