"Our Ford - or Our Freud, as, for some inscrutable reason, he chose to call himself whenever he spoke of psychological matter - Our Freud had been the first to reveal the appalling dangers of family life" (pg 39).
Here, Huxley (whom I recently learned was the author, not the main character... I think) alerts the reader about what to expect. Ford is the origin of A.F. which is what they use instead of A.D. for years. Freud, on the other hand, is a famous psychologist who is most well known for his theory of infantile sexuality. This chapter discusses the pros of "erotic play" in childhood - I am quoting the book on this. This slightly confused me since the true humans (or so I think) are manufacturing the babies anyways. After some research into the Freud Theory of Infantile Sexuality, I actually think I have realized the reason behind this allusion. According to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy's article on Freud, without the proper progression of discovering oneself at a young age, the human, or in this case "human," mind can suffer from a multitude of mental illness's such as hysteria or obsessive concerns. These problems could force the former progress to become fundamentally useless as the prototypes begin to stray from unity and stability.
Note: Sigmond Freud is not the same person as Sigfried and Roy; I had to ask my brother for clarification.
Note 2: All the information on Freudism is from the above link.
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