Sex Taboo

One thing I have noticed, from chatting with a number of guys from India, is how ironic it is that in India sex is a taboo. The country has over a billion people in it, so obviously they are doing it. The renowned Kama Sutra book of sexual positions is from India, so obviously the culture accepted, at one point in time, that sex was important and worth writing a book about.

The lack of privacy astounds me, when I talk to young men in their twenties that act as though they are ten years old. Lack of privacy for something as simple as masturbation is a real challenge. Door locks seem to be unheard of.  I never heard of people living that way that were legally adults.

It seems they are not even supposed to date or have anything to do with people of the opposite sex.  They seem to just sneak around, with youngsters kept in the dark about basic questions about sex and their own bodies.   Ignorance and curiosity can be a very bad combination. If people kept in the dark, they don’t even know about how pregnancies occur or diseases take hold.  How can they be expected to act responsibly? It is a very unusual culture, not as in your face as American culture at all. Keeping people in the dark is never a good idea and will only lead to heartaches for everyone involved.