Why do different cultures around the world choose to neglect women in their society, of equality, when their population is equal to that of men? It has been shown that women are more likely to live in poverty, without education and with other barriers due to their gender. Various cultures and societies create these other barriers under the influence of a patriarchal society, which asserts beliefs of male dominance and authority over women. Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World introduces the reader to an "ideal" society set in the future, 632 years after Ford's death. Society is controlled by a World State that asserts its beliefs through hypnopedic conditioning. Feminist theory is a type of criticism that analyzes the ideologies of a patriarchal social system within various texts. This essay will endeavor to demonstrate that one of the main themes of the novel is that women exist simply as commodities to be controlled. Feminist theory can be used as a lens to examine this central theme by connecting it to the c...