The 'sex talk'
I had a great conversation this morning with my mom's youngest brother on the topic of sexual assault/rape and how these topics are dealt with today within the Indian society.
Though it was a good conversation, I was hoping he'd have some opposing thoughts on it so I could argue with him [I really needed a good argument!] but he agreed with me for the most part.
We were discussing how backwards the Indian society has become with respect to the topic of 'sex' and how silly it is that it is so taboo these days. Even the mention of it is not heard of, in both y-1 and y-2 generations.
My uncle was talking about the fact that 1000 years back, we had one of the most open societies. He mentioned some of the temples such as Konark, as well as a couple of similarly older temples, and how mindblowing it is to see the kinds of explicitly erotic sculptures carved on the temple walls for the public to view and worship.
As an idea of what he is talking about, here is a photo of one of the carvings:
We discussed how the Victorian influence of the 1800s, which is entirely prudish, somehow skewed the future generations.
My uncle made the point that even Penthouse and Playboy are nothing compared to some of the carvings in temples such as Konark. We had such a society very, very permissive, in which the King could pay sculptors to sculpt on the temple wall, scenes that porn magazines cannot click today.
It's quite unfortunate that discussing 'sex' in this society today is almost considered a crime. It's almost annoying to see the way topics of sexual assault and rape are handled by society today, and how it is portrayed in such a fashion that makes it uncomfortable for the younger generations to openly discuss these topics with their families, which can result in serious problems later on.
Hopefully it is something that changes in due time.
Though it was a good conversation, I was hoping he'd have some opposing thoughts on it so I could argue with him [I really needed a good argument!] but he agreed with me for the most part.
We were discussing how backwards the Indian society has become with respect to the topic of 'sex' and how silly it is that it is so taboo these days. Even the mention of it is not heard of, in both y-1 and y-2 generations.
My uncle was talking about the fact that 1000 years back, we had one of the most open societies. He mentioned some of the temples such as Konark, as well as a couple of similarly older temples, and how mindblowing it is to see the kinds of explicitly erotic sculptures carved on the temple walls for the public to view and worship.
As an idea of what he is talking about, here is a photo of one of the carvings:
We discussed how the Victorian influence of the 1800s, which is entirely prudish, somehow skewed the future generations.
My uncle made the point that even Penthouse and Playboy are nothing compared to some of the carvings in temples such as Konark. We had such a society very, very permissive, in which the King could pay sculptors to sculpt on the temple wall, scenes that porn magazines cannot click today.
It's quite unfortunate that discussing 'sex' in this society today is almost considered a crime. It's almost annoying to see the way topics of sexual assault and rape are handled by society today, and how it is portrayed in such a fashion that makes it uncomfortable for the younger generations to openly discuss these topics with their families, which can result in serious problems later on.
Hopefully it is something that changes in due time.
posted by Writer Through Life... at 12:49 PM
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