Comments on: Sex by the numbers

By: johny

johny — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:58:52 +0000

hello, my name is johny.i want to make sex with near about 20 years girls.if there is any girl of ludhiana who is interested in me pls send me msgs on my e mail id superman393@gmail.com.i m waiting with my LUND.

By: Ennis

Ennis — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:01:55 +0000

These surveys are a joke sometimes. What would be interesting is to know the no. of people who were surveyed. I remember india today bringing out a similar article in 2004. The no. of people they had interviewed then were 134 and they qouted %’s.

If random, it’s large enough to be representative:

The survey of more than 2,500 men aged between 16 and 25 conducted by India Today magazine [Link]

By: Zola

Zola — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:45:10 +0000

some more updates here. http://www.criticblog.org/2007/07/10/good-news-for-moral-brigade-indians-virgin-till-22/

By: Ladla

Ladla — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:10:36 +0000

I think survey was correct. I know my couple of my friends who had sex with their cousins. It’s shame but what we are going to do. Do not forget that survey might included our Muslim brothers and sisters.

By: Jayanth

Jayanth — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:32:25 +0000

These surveys are a joke sometimes. What would be interesting is to know the no. of people who were surveyed. I remember india today bringing out a similar article in 2004. The no. of people they had interviewed then were 134 and they qouted %’s.

By: sn

sn — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:33:57 +0000

Assuming an active sex life span of 40 years, and an average of twice/week for the first 20 and once/week for the next 20, there are about 3000 copulations per life. And someone who remains virgin till 40 has missed out on roughly 2/3rds of these. A bit of a tragedy, not to say of lack of skill levels required for a rather engaging aerobic activity.

Sex is not dangerous.. Driving is an order (or two) of magnitude or more dangerous, esp in places like India. And sex is one of the few highs that most of us are entitled to and are capable of experiencing without a university education. One of the peaks of human experience and a damn good sleep inducing agent. Masturbation is ok and porn is a necessary evil but sex is amazing and I say this with all humility. One of the great perks of marriage (or a safe partner) is condomless sex.. condoms suck. Also I wouldnt downplay the role of sex workers in educating significant chunks of the male population. they perform a valuable service and need to be gratefully acknowledged. And that many of them have skills that are like 3 standard deviations above the average woman.

By: sakshi

sakshi — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:17:37 +0000

More sex, more risk of HIV. The youth of this country need to rethink their priorities. The current generation is equivalent to the Baby Boomers in being the critical driver of economic growth and India’s emergence rests on them. Frivolity would be an opportunity lost.

Well Gorbag, the previous generations were very carefully unfrivolous. And look where that left India.

By: sumiti

sumiti — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:17:49 +0000

More sex, more risk of HIV.

Not if you use a condom!!!! It really isn't more complicated than that...

By: technophobicgeek

technophobicgeek — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:57:12 +0000

The average desi gets anywhere from NOTHING to "I'll break your legs/disown you/you will go to hell/god will hate you/I will kill myself/you will die of AIDS etc etc" from the average desi parent.

Well put, JoAT. Add a couple more "you will become impotent/not have children" etc as a consequence of sex before marriage and so on. I guess the ideal desi boy, according to the average Indian parent, is one who shows no signs of a penis or testicles ever, until he is married off to some girl of their choice and then miraculously sprouts those organs once in a while in order to manufacture more good desi boys.

Pickle, guilt about sex is not restricted to girls. As a guy, I grew up like the avg desi, with no healthy information about sex whatsoever. Being a nerd compounded my sexual ignorance.

It took me several years after coming the the US to get over my guilt about even wanting sex. And of course, then getting the hang of the whole dating mechanism and the incredible amount of prejudice that American women seem to have against virgin guys is a whole another story. But it was worth the effort, I do think it helped me grow up and become a more confident person.

I would take these statistics on sex in India with huge grains of salt. Urban Indian people, both men and women, are notoriously hypocritical about sex (mostly from anecdotal experiences with friends/acquaintances). With women, I see the "It's ok to have sex before marriage, but I won't ever do it" attitude all the time. There is still an enormous conflict between tradition and modernity. Middle-class urban kids are always under pressure to present a "cool" image, but are held back by tradition.

By: Gorbag

Gorbag — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:28:08 +0000

More sex, more risk of HIV. The youth of this country need to rethink their priorities. The current generation is equivalent to the Baby Boomers in being the critical driver of economic growth and India’s emergence rests on them. Frivolity would be an opportunity lost