Sex.
S-E-X.
The idea of me talking about sex is highly amusing. I mean
seriously, I have no experience whatsoever in this area. Thirteen year old in
the States probably have more experience than me. So when Arya talks of the Sex
and The City type posts, I could talk about the City while she talks of the
sex.
Okay, I’m kidding.
Arya had a brainwave about us becoming the Carrie Bradshaws of India. It will be challenging. I mean, we were all fostered in
environments where sex was taboo in every sense of the word. I remember seeing
a television show where a mother gives her daughter the pill. I thought of my
own mother. She would probably slap me across the face and lock me in my room
with as much drama as a Karan Johar movie.
Sex is such a taboo topic in our country. Even that part of
society which prides itself on being “modern”and “forward” will object when the
women in their family start wearing jeans. Seriously, the bigotry in India is
so appalling that it’s funny. I guess, people need to talk more and freely. I
remember the sex-ed classes (the few that there were) during which everyone was
giggling and a man droned on standing on a stage. Come to think of it, we didn’t
really have sex education. We had AIDS awareness. Funny that- holding AIDS awareness
for kids who don’t know what sex even is.
Also, we couldn't be this open about talking about sex in our real lives. I mean, our mothers would love to know where we amass this information. Sad really, but this stab should make some difference.
So, maybe I don’t have any experience whatsoever. But that’s
all the more reason to talk about it, isn’t it?
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