The 1984 marriages had to be approved by a committee and were rejected if there was an apparent physical attraction between the couple. Orwell states: “The only recognized purpose of marriage was to produce children for party service” (Orwell, 2008, 1949, p. 68). This means that the only reason for sexual relations would be to create more young spies for the party. In “The Marriage of a Man and a Woman,” a dystopian world is pushed by a so-called feminist organization. Real Women lobbies for old-fashioned (they call it conventional) roles for women, instead of gender equality – as a typical feminist organization would advocate. This parallels 1984 because Real Women, like Big Brother, try to control people's relationships. Real Women make several sweeping statements in their essay “Marriage Between a Man and a Woman.” They assert that marriage is the most stable relationship and that children thrive best within a committed marital union. This seems like a logical statement. In theory, children should live best in a stable, healthy environment. Real Women then goes on to say that only heterosexual unions count as real marriages, thus creating a