The novel 1984, written by George Orwell, portrays the views on sex and gender in an authoritative government. The ocean government aims to maintain its power by asserting its dominance over society. This is done by outlawing sex, except for the reproduction of multiple Party members. Two characters, Winston and Julia, have sex for pleasure and also as a form of rebellion against Big Brother. The government takes them both as punishment for their sex crimes. During the imprisonment, the relationship between Winston and O'Brien develops. Along with sex, gender is relevant throughout the novel. The party's attempt to make gender a non-issue is brave, but it makes gender roles more evident in other aspects of the book. While describing the future in 1984, George Orwell carefully analyzes sex and gender in Oceanic society through government manipulation, character rebellion, and natural human instinct. The Party redirects society's desire for sex towards an obsessive dedication to Big Brother. Two minutes Hatred, marches, constant propaganda and public executions open a manipulative path to government. In 1984, sex is not a pleasurable act but simply a means to reproduce more party members. Chastity and repressed desire also serve a purpose as "the Party seeks to maintain in its members a state that permanently anticipates pleasure and then channels that energy for its own purposes" (Trihol). In this society, passion turns into love for Big Brother Constant supervision and sexual crimes help maintain sexual activity as a political act fuel for...... middle of paper ......inston. Women are supposed to be equal in the Party but they are often seen to be subservient to men George Orwell proves that sex is a means to an end goal one way or another. Works Cited Horan, Thomas. "Revolutions from the Waist Down: Desire as Rebellion in Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Gale Cengage Learning, 2007. Web 11 April 2014. Orwell, George. 1984. Ed. Erich Fromm . New York: Harcourt, 1949. Patai, Daphne. "Game Skill and Androcentrism in 1984." Modern Critical Interpretations: 12 April 2014 .Tirohl, Blu. "We are the dead... You are the dead: an examination of sexuality as a weapon of revolt in Orwell's 1984 Journal of Gender Studies.". 9.1 (2000): 55-61.