Utopia
Concerning utopia, Brave New World is an utopian state which strives after a perfect life without problems, so that everybody who lives in that state is happy and satisfied.
In the book e.g. special ways of producing human beings who don`t have any diseases and who aren´t handicapped in any way are mentioned. Concurrent, this humans are conditioned for being categorized in various classes(like a cast system). And each class carries out different and specific work-
Moreover, bad mood doesn`t exist in this society due to the fact that everyone has to be hapy in order that the state is able to function. For that reason, there are many centers to amuse the inhabitants and as well, the living of sexuality and the use of drugs(soma) play a big role in this state doesn`t represent the actual reality.
Concluding, you can say that the community in Brave New World lives in a dreamworld, living a life how it should be.
So actually, a life like this can`t exist yet.
Birte Libner
Women in India (by Birte)
- the Constitution of India guarantees to all Indian women equality (Article 14)
- no discrimination by the State (Article 15(1)),
- equality of opportunity (Article 16)
- equal pay for equal work (Article 39(d))
- it allows special provisions to be made by the State in favour of women and children (Article
15(3))
- renounces practices derogatory to the dignity of women (Article 51(A) (e)) - allows for provisions to be made by the State for securing just and humane conditions of
work and for maternity relief (Article 42)
Education
- the female literacy rate in India is lower than the male literacy rate
- only the states of Kerala and Mizoram have approached universal female literacy rates
- in urban India, girls are nearly at par with the boys in terms of education/ in rural India girls
continue to be less educated than the boys
Workforce participation
- the National data collection agencies accept the fact that there is a serious under-estimation
of women’s contribution as workers
- they are at par with their male counter parts in terms of wages, position at the work place
- In rural India, agriculture and allied industrial sectors employ as much as 89.5% of the total
female labour
Arranged marriage
- majority of Indians in India have their marriages planned by their parents
- the choice is based on qualities of intellectual, cultural and social compatibility
- dating as a social practice is not common in India
- in India, the marriage is thought to be for life, and the divorce rate is extremely low, 1.1%
compared with about 50% for USA
- the reason for low rate of divorce could be the social stigma that follows the divorcees
- most women would much rather stay in e.g. a violent realtioship in order to steer clear of
divorce`s stigma
