CHITRAGUPTA TEMPLE, 1986. | RAGHU RAI
WHEN VICE WAS VIRTUE
Did you know India is the only civilisation to elevate sex (kama) to a goal of life. The study of sex was a science in ancient India, along with dharma (religion) and artha (money). Kamasutra, the popular Indian treatise on sex, compiled by Vatsyayana, a third century sexologist and philosopher, is a culmination of this belief system that regarded sex and sexual health as an integral part of a healthy living. This is also what the World Health Organisation (WHO) is saying today.
GUILT SHAME JUDGMENT
WHERE THINGS
STAND TODAY
There is no sex education or sexual health training in the Indian medical curriculum.
So nearly 95 per cent of doctors who call themselves sexologists, including urologists, gynaecologists and andrologists, are not trained to do the job. You will be shocked to know from where medical students get their sexual knowledge from.
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“HE SAID I WILL DIE IF I
MASTURBATE TOO MUCH”
“While in school, I had a lot of anxiety over masturbation. My friends told me if I jerk off too much will I go bald or even blind. At one point I even went to a local doctor for help. He told me that my body will become very weak and I will die, if I don’t stop it immediately. I was a total wreck for a few days. Only much later in life, I learned that masturbation is totally normal and healthy.”
M/26/Heterosexual
“I WAS TOLD TO DRINK
WINE BEFORE SEX”
“I used to experience a lot of pain during sex, which made penetration impossible. My partner thought I was deliberately avoiding him. Then I went to see a gynae who told me to drink a couple
of glasses of wine. She said it will help me relax in bed. But things went from bad to worse as alcohol reduces vaginal lubrication. I don’t know from where these doctors get such ‘brilliant’ ideas.”
F/30/Heterosexual
“HE PROMISED TO TURN ME STRAIGHT IN SIX MONTHS”
“When I came out to my family there was a lot of pressure on me to change my sexual orientation. The biggest concern for my mother was that I will never get a good alliance. So they took me to a doctor who promised to 'cure' my homosexuality in six months. He put me on hormone replacement therapy. Two months later, I tried to kill myself. I no longer stay with my family. I don’t want to get married and ruin the life of a woman.”
M/28/Homosexual
“I WAS DIAGNOSED
AS A HOMOSEXUAL”
“I once went to see a ‘top’ sexologist after going through a sexless marriage for three years. Initially, I had blamed my wife for the sexual difficulty. So she underwent a surgery. But there was no improvement in our situation. So it was my turn. The ‘top’ sexologist ran a few tests on me and declared that I am a homosexual, which I never was. I was always attracted to women. But he insisted that he discovered a gay gene in my body. My wife used that diagnosis to file for divorce.”
M/42/Heterosexual
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First person accounts from people conned by untrained sexologists who claim to 'cure' everything from masturbation to homosexuality.