When first published in 1932, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World seemed to be one man's unrealistic idea of ​​what the future would hold for him. Now, more than eighty years later, some are beginning to realize that Huxley's views may not have been so improbable. In Brave New World, citizens have come to despise love and marriage, take drugs on a daily basis and have no religion. Comparing their ideas to those of Americans in the 1930s, they were radical. Compared to today's society, they are strangely possible. When it comes to love and marriage, the citizens of the New World (the society in which Huxley's characters live) look down on both words and consider them vulgar. Marriage was a thing of the past and they considered it an embarrassment to history. And love? Why, what is it? In the World State, love does not exist. No feeling exists; if people have feelings, they go to the doctor or take their medicine. People don't have feelings for each other. Instead, they simply have sex with anyone they want. Children learn this early on, as shown in chapter three when the scene of the children playing is described as: "silently in twos and threes among the flowering shrubs" (Huxley, 30). Then, when a little boy does not want to participate in erotic activities, he is scolded and considered strange (Huxley, 31-32). They even organize special “orgy-porgy” gatherings for this purpose. When Huxley's novel was published, these ideas about sex were scandalous. Sex was suppressed and it was very rare for anyone to have sex before marriage. For example, in a survey of 772 female students, only 23.5% reported having engaged in sexual activity (Life). Now, in the 2010s, times have changed dramatically. I...... middle of paper...... 1938. p. 66. Retrieved December 9, 2011.W. Bradford Wilcox, The State of Our Unions: Marriage in America 2011 (University of Virginia National Marriage Project, Charlottesville, VA) November 11, 2013 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey Results 2012 on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings, NSDUH Series H-46, HHS Publication No. (SMA) 13-4795. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2013. Religion among Americans hits low point, as more people say they have no religious affiliation: Report by Katherine Bindley, Huffington Post , http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/religion-america-decline-low-no-affiliation-report_n_2867626.html http://religions.pewforum.org/reports Summary of Key Findings PewResearch Religion & Public Life Project U.S. Ministry of Health and Services