You are taught from an early age that you should not form intimate relationships with another human being. At one point in the novel Lenina had only been sleeping with Henry Foster for several months, when Fanny, Lenina's friend, found out and was quick to try to convince Lenina to date another man. People in the World State have no idea what marriage is. The belief in the World State is that with love comes heartbreak, and people are not as productive with a broken heart. Therefore, people are conditioned to sleep with multiple men at a time and it has no meaning