November 11 2019.Pdf

November 11 2019.Pdf

OC EXCLUSIVE ANNUAL SEX SURVEY www.indiatoday.in NOVEMBER 11, 2019 `60 REGISTERED NO. DL(ND)-11/6068/2018-20;REGISTERED NO. U(C)-88/2018-20; FARIDABAD/05/2017-19 LICENSED POSTWITHOUTTO PREPAYMENT RNI NO. 28587/75 28587/75 NO. RNI SEX AND THE INDIAN TALES OF LOVE AND LUST IN 2019 DIGITAL EDITION OC EXCLUSIVE ANNUAL SEX SURVEY www.indiatoday.in NOVEMBER 11, 2019 `60 REGISTERED NO. DL(ND)-11/6068/2018-20; U(C)-88/2018-20; LICENSED FARIDABAD/05/2017-19 TO POST WITHOUTREGISTERED PREPAYMENT NO. RNI NO. 28587/75 RNI NO. AND THE INDIAN TALES OF LOVE AND LUST IN 2019 EXCLUSIVE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ONLY FOR IPAD COVER STORY GAY SEX AND THE CITY COVER STORY THE SEX FILES STATES UNEASY LIES THE HEAD STATES THE NATH ROADSHOW UPFRONT CAN MODI MAKE A DEAL UPFRONT GOODWIN, BAD FAITH #INDIATODAYSEXSURVEY2019 SUBSCRIBE NOW www.indiatoday.in/digitalmagazines FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF n a 2013 column for an Indian newspa- because sexual awareness and sexual at- per, Abhijit Banerjee, this year’s joint titudes are being shaped at a much younger winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in age these days. Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred A majority of our respondents said they I Nobel, made a point that sparked some watched porn regularly or occasionally. controversy. Banerjee, who won the prize for The survey reveals that most Indians are his experimental approach in alleviating pov- still reluctant to own their sexuality and erty, argued in his column about the inequal- prefer a sanitised version of it, one that ity of access to sex. India’s crowded cities and doesn’t make them uncomfortable. poorly planned urban spaces, he said, kept In their larger sexual attitudes, low-income affordable housing beyond the both male and female respondents re- reach of the poor. This, he said, was impacting mained the same. A majority of the male their access to sex and intimacy, the right to a Sep. 15, 2003 respondents still wanted their partners to normal conjugal life, as he called it. ‘There are be virgins. The bottom line, when it comes few forces more powerful than sexual desire to sex, of course, is whether or not people and few forms of inequality more palpable are satisfied with their sex lives. And this than inequality of access to sex.’ year, 62 per cent of the men and 58 per Many of the impediments to healthy sex cent of the women surveyed say they are, lives cut across class lines in this country. as compared to 32 per cent of the women Indian society is still deeply conservative. surveyed in 2003 and 56 per cent of the There is no culture of dating and discus- men polled in 2004. sions about sex are still taboo. But times are Our special issue on sex, titled ‘Sex and changing. The internet and the smartphone the Indian’, put together by Senior Deputy have changed the way we approach sex and Editor Prachi Bhuchar, also considers dating. The online dating app Tinder, for views from our panel of experts. If cyber instance, launched in India in 2016, reported crime investigator Ritesh Bhatia dwells 7.5 million daily swipes in India this year on cyber blackmailing and sextortion, Nov. 5, 2007 and the highest average number of messages Jayshree Bajoria examines why India’s exchanged per match in the world. first National Register for Sex Offenders Reassuringly, we are also becoming may not be such a good idea. Psychologist increasingly tolerant of sexual diversity. Varkha Chulani analyses porn addiction The Supreme Court weighed in on two very and its impact on one’s sex life. Pallavi significant judgments last September. It Barnwal explores the phenomenon of the struck down a colonial-era adultery law and asexual woman and how women are choos- decriminalised homosexuality. These two ing to be in sexless marriages. Gay rights verdicts were important because they upheld activist Aniruddha Mahale tells us what it a person’s freedom of choice irrespective of means to be a single gay man in post-Sec- sexual orientation. tion 377 India. Madhavi Menon elaborates The india today sex survey has chronicled on how Indians were historically liberal the private life of the nation for 16 years and about sex and have now regressed. the past year has seen a number of changes Sexual health is a state of physical, Dec. 10, 2012 that have influenced the nation’s intimate life. mental and social well-being in relation to This year, we conducted our annual survey sexuality. A sexually repressed society is in two parts. The first dealt with questions an unhealthy one. A society that cultivates on the ways we make love and the sexual a positive and respectful approach to behaviour and attitudes of people towards sexuality and sexual relationships is ulti- experimentation. The questions in the second mately a happy society. India is changing part were regular ones on sexual behaviour, and moving in that direction more than we attitudes and preferences among the urban care to admit. population in key cities of the country. The survey was conducted among respondents from different age groups, both male and fe- male. For the first time, the age of the sample was also lowered to 14 (parental consent was needed to interview those under 18). This is Dec. 16, 2013 (Aroon Purie) NOVEMBER 11, 2019 INDIA TODAY 1 UPFRONT LEISURE A FIGHT OVER BALD BUT www.indiatoday.in FREE TRADE PG 3 BEAUTIFUL PG 50 CHAIRMAN AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Aroon Purie GOODWIN, Q&A WITH VICE CHAIRPERSON: Kalli Purie BAD FAITH NUSRAT JAHAN GROUP EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Raj Chengappa PG 4 PG 56 GROUP CREATIVE EDITOR: Nilanjan Das; GROUP PHOTO EDITOR: Bandeep Singh MANAGING EDITORS: Kai Jabir Friese, Rajesh Jha INSIDE CONSULTING EDITOR: Ajit Kumar Jha (Research) EXECUTIVE EDITORS: S. 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