My views on the "sexy" issue
Am a sub-editor this week. LOADS of work...
This is the editorial I wrote in last week's issue.
It all started with actress Khushboo voicing her opinion that pre-marital sex was a reality today and that safe sex was the need of the hour. This led to angry protests in Tamil Nadu. Actress Suhasini supported Khushboo, only to get rebuked. Teenage sensation Sania Mirza was asked her views on this issue, but her quote was misinterpreted by many. In the middle of all this, the message of safe sex has been quietly pushed to the background.
Khushboo never advocated nor endorsed pre-marital sex. She only said that pre-marital sex was a reality these days and so awareness should be created to prevent the advent of diseases such as AIDS. Reality hurts, they say. It did for Khushboo, whose effigies were burnt.
In a small town like Kottayam, studies reveal that 25 per cent of school-children have had sex. This proves that pre-marital sex does exist in our society, only we shy away from talking about it. And, because it exists, we have to observe the consequences it has.
The question here is not whether you oppose or agree with pre-marital sex. As the issue is a reality these days, the only question that should arise from the Khushboo-Suhasini-Sania showdown is the precautions that ought to be taken by youngsters indulging in sex.
Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in New Delhi installed a condom-vending machine three months ago. With new sex surveys, startling statistics and bold quotes from youngsters coming up, more educational institutions need to introduce such a method. If a person has an idea that having sex before marriage is okay, it cannot be changed as it is a personal preference. But, the idea of safe sex should be promoted.
Eggs and tomatoes could have been put to much better use than pelting Khushboo’s vehicle when she went to court. The people who raised eyebrows for Suhasini’s statement should raise their thinking and find the true meaning behind her support. And, the people who tore Sania Mirza’s posters should remember that the tennis sensation talked about safe sex and never supported pre-marital sex.
Thanks to two actresses and a charming tennis player, the message is now in the open. People should capitalise on this and get the youth talking. College boys and girls should be asked about their views on the subject, and should be advised to practise safe sex.
Pre-marital sex is now a reality. Safe sex should soon be made reality.
This is the editorial I wrote in last week's issue.
It all started with actress Khushboo voicing her opinion that pre-marital sex was a reality today and that safe sex was the need of the hour. This led to angry protests in Tamil Nadu. Actress Suhasini supported Khushboo, only to get rebuked. Teenage sensation Sania Mirza was asked her views on this issue, but her quote was misinterpreted by many. In the middle of all this, the message of safe sex has been quietly pushed to the background.
Khushboo never advocated nor endorsed pre-marital sex. She only said that pre-marital sex was a reality these days and so awareness should be created to prevent the advent of diseases such as AIDS. Reality hurts, they say. It did for Khushboo, whose effigies were burnt.
In a small town like Kottayam, studies reveal that 25 per cent of school-children have had sex. This proves that pre-marital sex does exist in our society, only we shy away from talking about it. And, because it exists, we have to observe the consequences it has.
The question here is not whether you oppose or agree with pre-marital sex. As the issue is a reality these days, the only question that should arise from the Khushboo-Suhasini-Sania showdown is the precautions that ought to be taken by youngsters indulging in sex.
Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in New Delhi installed a condom-vending machine three months ago. With new sex surveys, startling statistics and bold quotes from youngsters coming up, more educational institutions need to introduce such a method. If a person has an idea that having sex before marriage is okay, it cannot be changed as it is a personal preference. But, the idea of safe sex should be promoted.
Eggs and tomatoes could have been put to much better use than pelting Khushboo’s vehicle when she went to court. The people who raised eyebrows for Suhasini’s statement should raise their thinking and find the true meaning behind her support. And, the people who tore Sania Mirza’s posters should remember that the tennis sensation talked about safe sex and never supported pre-marital sex.
Thanks to two actresses and a charming tennis player, the message is now in the open. People should capitalise on this and get the youth talking. College boys and girls should be asked about their views on the subject, and should be advised to practise safe sex.
Pre-marital sex is now a reality. Safe sex should soon be made reality.
posted by Rim at 8:15 PM
1 Comments:
Nice thought provoking piece.
As you have mentioned, there is no point in denying a reality. It won't go away, it will just come back to hit you bigger.
The whole thing was politically motivated. The common man doesn't have the time to come, wait for Khushboo and pelt stones and tomatoes at her car WHEN she arrives at the court. Must have been party cadres.
I think the earlier protests over the "Boys" film was also a reflection of this prudish behaviour.
My question is do people even care for these issues when you have more pressing ones? Isn't there enough obscenity on TV itself, so why unnecesarily target Khushboo or Suhasini?
Venkat.
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