Women's Role In Brave New World

In the 1920s a middle-class woman goes home from a long day at work, feeling defeated because she is often told that she cannot do her job well, and now she is expected to cook dinner. Her unhappiness is a concern to many, including Aldous Huxley. Brave New World examines the role of women in society, social and economic classes, and conditioning; issues that face modern society as well.
In the early Twentieth century most women were housewives and did not work. A new image of women, for example, flappers, who smoked, danced, and wore “clothing more convenient for activity,” was emerging (BBC). Many people thought flappers represented women’s new freedom because they were overthrowing old rules, going to school, and getting jobs (NCpedia)(BBC). In North Carolina in the 1920s, women “were not made welcome” at the University of North Carolina and the newspaper even published an entire issue about it (NCpedia). Perhaps the event that caused the most problems was women, who were given the right to vote in 1920, taking part in politics (BBC). The idea was that women should concern themselves with “home, children, and religion,” not politics, and should not “overlap” their roles with men's (NCpedia).
Today, women have closed the gap, but still face issues. There is a “‘glass ceiling’” that
Conditioning is a response to a frequent event (Editors). In the early 1900s a little boy named Albert was conditioned to fear rats and other furry animals. Every time the little boy touched the rat a loud noise was produced making him cry (Conditioning). Many think this experiment was “unethical” (Conditioning). Additionally, advertisers used conditioning to help sell their product. For example, an advertisement for a car company may make the car seem faster and more appealing (Conditioning). Going back to women in society, they were conditioned to think they must stay at home and deal with family