“And round her waste she wore a silver-mounted green morocco-surrogate cartridge belt, bulging (for Lenina was not a freemartin) with the regulation supply of contraceptives” (Huxley, p. She was therefore “free” for fattening and slaughter at “martinmas”- a fall festival in honour of St. The term freemartin is said to have originated in england as it referred to a heifer that was not pregnant after the summer breeding season.
In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the hatchery, or place where babies are mass produced, purposely creates freemartins to expand the workforce while controlling breeding. Why do freemartins exist in Brave New World?Īll freemartins in nature have a male twin. What do you think a freemartin is?Ī “freemartin” is a woman who has been made sterile by exposure to male hormones during the fetal development.
freemartin an imperfectly developed female calf, usually sterile. Here, used respectfully to refer to Ford’s Model T. Flivver a small, cheap automobile, especially an old one.
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