A Goodreads user asked this question about Brave New World:
I couldn't help wondering why are some of the women, (I think it's 30 percent?) still physically able to reproduce. If they loathe the natural birth process so much, and all the women who aren't freemartins are conditioned to use birth control, why didn't they just create all the women sterile?
Ilaria I suppose it is because they need to collect eggs from fertile women for the Bokanovsky's process, though I wouldn't bet on it -this novel was utterly…moreI suppose it is because they need to collect eggs from fertile women for the Bokanovsky's process, though I wouldn't bet on it -this novel was utterly confusing to me.(less)
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