It Seems the Times Have Changed.(Sarcasm alert) Poor us!

"Poor little kids not allowed to muse themselves? They could not believe it." (Page 32)

     And so the disgusting sexual activity between the 7- and 8-year-olds continues. Not only that, but I learned that I am pitied by these fictional characters because I was not allowed to explore my sexuality at a young age. Poor little Juliana. I had to read my way through the Berenstein Bears books until I graduated to the Magic Tree House series when I was allowed to travel with siblings Jack and Annie through history and some magic books. For me, that was literary bliss. I didn't realize my A.F. 632 counterparts were so much further embedded in the adult world than myself. But oh well. I think I grew up well. Thankfully, I was never a victim of a pedophile or involved in a case of child pornography. In this day and age, children exposed to anything sexual are pitied, but in Huxley's "brave new world" the children not allowed to experience anything sexual  are pitied. The boys on the tour are aghast at the thought of someone having to wait until their twenty's for any sexual activity. They learn that this was the case before the time of their "Old Ford."

There is one thing I can say with complete honesty that I learned from this chapter: I am extremely grateful to be growing up in the time that I am.