27th March 2023, Mumbai: Talking about sex is still taboo when it comes to India, especially among women and even men. Celebrities give their views on if this needs to change or not.
Nivedita Basu
I think talking about sex in India is never going to change and will be a taboo forever, it’s just the way we have been brought up for centuries and centuries. I think the easiest way to change is to start from school, to make it comfortable to speak to their parents, friends, or anyone they can confide in. If you ask me to speak about sex, I don’t think I’d be comfortable talking about it publicly or with everyone.
Akash Sharma
Indian culture is a little restricted and most people don’t openly talk about sex on an open platform. But if the expression of sex can be a little open, then many sexual assaults and crimes can be prevented. Secondly, relationships will be much healthier and more committed. Youth will be more educated and responsible. This can change by teaching the young generation about everything they need to know about indulging in casual sex, how they can prevent many STD diseases. Secondly, communicating about needs will strengthen relationships. So, we should make the youth more open, verbal and open by teaching at basic levels, be it male or female.
Aadesh Chaudhary
Well, it’s good if we get a chance to speak freely but our society is very judgmental. We need to have freedom of speech. Though I doubt it will even change after that.
Anurag Desiworldwide
I do not encourage this. Just because the West or America is open about these things doesn’t mean we have to be too. We come from a very rich culture and that makes us unique, I do not agree with the wanna-be’s who live in the country and act so western. We have a rich and strong culture and tradition where even today daughters and sons touch the feet of their parents. They do not even look into their eyes, when they are angry not because they have been pressurised or scared, it’s all because of respect. So, I find all these things have just been marketed to an extent where people lack knowledge, they have been mesmerized by someone’s culture and given up on their own culture and traditions. There should be a boundary between wishful thinking and culture and traditions.
Mitaali Nag
We are the land of Kamasutra, the land of Khajuraho temples. It is kind of ironic that talking about sex is still taboo. I feel it should certainly be normalised. And I feel that in this particular scenario, men should try not to cross limits when they hear the word sex from a woman. Let’s not make it a big deal. As long as we treat the act as normal, or the word sex as normal, it will certainly be discussed normally.
Ekta Sharma
I don’t understand why it’s taboo, India’s population is going to be more than China’s in 2023 but still people don’t want to talk about it. If there was no sex how could we come to this earth, when sex is a natural need, what is the harm in talking about it and expressing your feelings about it? Personally, I feel love and sex are interconnected and it’s also the way we are brought up and fed that sex is a sin and talking about it is wrong I’m glad that we have sex education in schools and it’s mandatory in schools there are many problems and complexes in people related to sex because they cannot express themselves freely and our society has to change and people who talk about sex should not be judged. For society to change we have to change and as parents, we do not have to put guilt in our children or make them feel it’s a shame to talk about sex or sex is a sin or taboo.