What is the role of relationships and intimacy in 1984? What specific function does the Party's directive on sexual interaction serve?

Relationships and sexual intimacy are anathema to the Party. The Party wants to keep
Party members sexually frustrated, isolated, and entirely devoted to the state. It wants its
people to experience only the emotions of hate, anger, fear, and triumph. As we learn from 's
ruminations, the Party also wants to characterize sexual intimacy solely as "duty" for
the Party; in other words, sex is simply a way to have children and is entirely devoid of any
other nurturing function.

Winston's relationship withis therefore key to the
novel, for it is through this relationship that he becomes fully human. Before he falls in love
with Julia, he sees her from afarand is sexually attracted to herbut he sees her wearing the red
chastity sash and has emotions of anger towards her. He imagines hurting and killing her. The
Party has successfully filled him with violent hate. After he enters...