Porn Ban in India By – Tanisha Saxena When and why was a porn ban levied? The Indian government has been actively banning porn sites since 2015. The ban was first put in place after several reports highlighted child porn usage and cyber-crime across various streaming platforms. Nearly 900 websites were added to the blocked …
ETHICAL PORN: AN ALTERNATIVE TO ALTERED REALITIES By – Saumya Khatri Pornography is bad, its a taboo, but the consumption charts tells a different story altogether. Our consumption pattern tells that we as a society, clandestine and thriving on high-morals resort to unethical violent depiction of sexual intercourse often than we can imagine. The problematic …
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Revenge Porn By – Eshna Sharma In a patriarchal culture that greedily consumes explicit media and yet shames women for their sexuality, it is no surprise that practices like ‘revenge porn’ thrive. Revenge porn primarily refers to the practice of sharing sexually explicit images and/or videos of the individual without the consent of those in …
Let’s Talk Pronouns By – Anura Pareek Any tech savvy individual today would have noticed a special something present in bio(s) of social media users lately. It’s cropping up at almost all platforms, including email signatures and is causing quite the stir amongst netizens. While there are some objections around it being used by all, …
SEX THERAPY IN INDIA : WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO TABOOS ALIGN By – Saumya ‘What is the minimum number of times a couple should indulge into love making in a week?’ ‘I am into role-play, is this normal? How do I tell my partner?’ ‘Me and my partner are experiencing an unusual distance between us …
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Clearing the Air Around Hypersexuality By – Eshna Society’s discomfort with talking about sex and issues related to it means that important topics like this one often remain swept under the rug. In this article we aim to find out more about it. Let’s start with the basics first. What exactly is hypersexuality? According to …
Intimacy and Sexual Relations with People with Mental Illnesses Physiological Importance of Intimacy While most of us assume that intimacy is something we only experience physically, intimacy also depends on, and greatly impacts, our brains. In fact, mental wellbeing and intimacy are so closely related that each can affect the other. Healthy and intimate interpersonal …
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Sex During Pregnancy: Everything You Need To Know By – Saumya Khatri For a topic as unexplored as sex, it is quite common to have innumerable questions and doubts regarding it. The picture becomes even more complex when another unexplored and highly myth ridden topic of pregnancy combines itself with sex. Advice from family and …
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LGBTQ- ‘B’ for Biphobia? By – Tanisha Saxena LGBTQ+ Glossary The LGBTQ+ community is an important and vibrant part of our society. It is thus important to know the different gender identities that comprise it and common terms related to them. Here are a few- Asexual | The lack of a sexual attraction or desire for other people …
Female Genital Mutilation in India By – Eshna Sharma Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a topic mired in secrecy and often swept under the carpet. We tend to think that it happens only in backward tribal communities and in far-off lands but the chilling reality is that the practice of FGM in India is alive …