Sex or Not: That's the Question.

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Posted: 10 years ago
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There are quite many arguments about sex and premarital sex going on here. Before saying anything I guess I'll have to put my own belief on the table.

Do I personally believe in having it before marriage? No.

But does my belief have the right to dictate the rest of the people? No.

Does my personal belief, in any way; has the right to influence theirs? No.

Do I've the right to judge others on the basis of my beliefs? No.

Do others have the right to judge me on my person belief, one, that in no way harms anyone? No.

Do I've the right to show prejudice against them? No.

Do I've the right to categorize them? No.

The reason our societies are in such a mess is because sex is treated as such a taboo. You can't even say the word on the dinner table or in the lounge. It's forbidden to talk about it. Mothers horrify her daughters about it, fathers terrify in the most indirect of ways. Society frowns upon people who participate in it.

And what does that do? It's an emotional abuse, a mental torture for the victims' of society. Sex is something that does not happen on public vote. It is an individual's decision. If you're an adult then you've the right to decide your life's course. If you're an independent adult, and, you're counted as an adult then having sex is the choice, they should know, you're very well mature enough to make.

Whatever your choice, it's yours.

And with the example of Navya they're showing, that if wrongly assumed, you also bear the consequences of your choices. Those are the risks you're agreeing to take when you make the choice. But that choice will always be yours to make.
We all risk something when we make a choice.
Nobody has the right to punish us for the choices we make. Like nobody has the right to tell us whom to vote.
Or when to marry, or whom to marry.
Or when to do a job.
Or when to believe in yourself.
Or what dreams to have.
Or what desires to pursue.
Your choices and your beliefs cannot make me or break me. They've no right to mark me.
Mine will do that for me. They'll teach me and they'll mend me, they'll elevate me or they'll hurt me. They'll give me life long lessons or they'll break me but it will be my choice. Not the society's.

I'm so glad the issue is raised in the show.
Let's see again. They're not debating premarital sex, they're simply asking why this hypocrisy? why so much inequality? Why, on the basis of some rigid set of controls, do we stop treating humans as humans? Why this prejudice and for what? Because they made a choice? Why do we assume that we can destroy their life because to us they've not followed what we deem our moral code. Why should Navya leave the college because she chose to be in a physical relationship? Why only Navya if there are so many students doing the same thing? Why instead of helping our people when they suffer the consequences of wrong choices do we assume the positions of Gods and give verdict after verdict on their existence and morality? Why instead of spreading love and helping them out do we spread hatred and disgust?

Why do we not think, that tomorrow, it could be one of us.
With one of these choices to make.
Tomorrow this same society could turn their back on us.
Tomorrow we could be humiliated and abandoned and thrown out because we made a choice.
Because we made a choice to love and to have and to nurture and to give and to be who we are.

Why take somebody's choice of living? Why take what makes them them?
Why Navya only?
Why Navya even if noone's doing it?
Why?

Rida.

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Posted: 10 years ago
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The reason our societies are in such a mess is because sex is treated as such a taboo. You can't even say the word on the dinner table or in the lounge. It's forbidden to talk about it. Mothers horrify her daughters about it, fathers terrify in the most indirect of ways. Society frowns upon people who participate in it. Rida u concluded so well this is the problem. Even the girl is getting married n mothers don't discuss about this with her as its taboo or really bad.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Beautiful post dear!! agree to each and every single word!!👏
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Awesome post...👏

And much we needed...we r no one to decide what others want...when we dont allow others to think about us...

we cant punish anyone for their decisions
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Do I love Rida? Yes.

Is this post awesome? Yes.

Do I agree with everything on here? A big hell YEAH.

Whatever our personal morals may be, we shouldn't judge other's with the same scale. I keep saying this to my mother too. Who are we to pass judgement on someone else's action? When it has nothing to do with us? It was her body and her choice, how is it anyone else's concern?

We all have a right to choose, a right over our bodies, it's such a basic and fundamental right and yet society deems it unacceptable for us to make our own choices on what we are/aren't supposed to do with it.

I absolutely detest s**t-shaming. We project so much of our own opinions onto others and pass judgement when they don't concur with it. How absurd is that?
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Posted: 10 years ago
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First of all a brilliant post and written more brilliantly.
I agree with each and every word Rida.
So hats off for that...👏

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This is the society where we live in. Here even if there is a word sexy in a song it shouldn't be sung. Trust me if you come to my house when all the bunch of aunties are together and just utter the word sexy or sex you are in for a scolding or rather thrashing.

"Uttering such word is ill mannered."

"It's not what our ethics teach us"

Seriously. But isn't it a biological process and that's how the world is growing. And we all know about it. So why shy or scared in just talking.😕

So you see you are absolutely correct about sex being a taboo. I come from a strict Nepalese Brahmin household where uttering it is a big deal. I can say this because I am not allowed to watch MTV or Zee Cafe or any other" such" channel at home. The reason for this opinion being was the ENGAGE ad in the elevator. 😆😆

The physical proximity shown there gave my mom the message that I should not watch the channel. And the only reason she could give me to explain her action was that they are promoting such sex scenes which is a bad influence on me. And I am showing this path to my cousins.😳

I don't have any problem with that as it's her opinion but what I completely disagree is that she is trying to force her opinion on me by not letting me watch. What she doesn't realize is that I am 19 and I have the right to take my decisions. So I simply go to my room and watch it but then again she shouts. So I watch it on my laptop by telling I am studying. What my point is I am lying to her to watch it because she did not let me. The more restrictions you keep the more we break it.😡

Coming to the topic- Pre marital sex or post marriage sex is completely ones choice. It depends on what you want because forced sex has a different meaning altogether. It has nothing to do with what your country, religion or society is. It just about what you want and completely your decision. And so is what you feel about it. For some it is love making and for some it's an expression; a desire. So you can't impose what you're thinking is. It's as simple as that.😛

Similarly in that way sex education is a must because this is the solution to maximum problems on what the youths are facing. But talking about sex is a big deal. For everyone it is something that should be happening with the four walls. But today's youth is not just facing it within the four walls. We are getting to know news of rape, sexual violence and that definitely not something happening all enclosed. When these things are actually happening and there are people being victimized, what's the harm in talking about the solution openly?😉

It's not just about sex or something else. It about our choices and making decision accordingly. Nobody has the right to judge someone on that because at the end of the day it's only you. And that's what matters; your needs and desires.

You need to understand what "I" actually means to you. The answer to all your questions should be that I want it and not they want it that way.😊


Edited by loquacious_me - 10 years ago
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Rida wonderful post my dear!.Likewise said , yes, i do not believe in premarital sex.Blame that to be my own idiosyncrasy but that doesn't allow me the freedom to go judgemental on others who do.
Why instead of helping our people when they suffer the consequences of wrong choices do we assume the positions of Gods and give verdict after verdict on their existence and morality? Why instead of spreading love and helping them out do we spread hatred and disgust?
This is exactly what is going on around.If somebody comes with a problem, we go judgemental and base our decisions upon the rights and wrongs but not see them as individual choices and freedom.I do want to remind a very disturbing picture of the rape and murder incident in delhi that shook the entire nation, that some people blamed the girl for going out with her boyfriend in odd time and her attire to be the reasons for her fate.How cruel is that?The point i wanted to highlight is that the society reacts to a mishap in the manners of blaming the victim to be responsible for the happening, rather than fighting against it.The incident is Navya's individual choice and the pregnancy may have been unexpected , but this doesn't qualify as a reason to be frowned upon by the society.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Absolutely brilliant post , Rida.
Powerful statement, the point and the word is CHOICE.

But it is essential that we talk about it because our generation is so ignorant about sex. The Good touch, bad touch. We live in society where rapes, sexual embarrassments have become a daily occurrence, they are happening because we are a sexually repressed society. There is no guidance to talk to teens, adults or otherwise about hormones, about bodily needs , about protection.

Why sex, we don't talk about PMS , there is so much taboo and the way we behave as if that thing doesn't come knocking every month. It is all part of sexual education.

Yes Navya made a wrong choice- which is not to practice safe sex, she should not be made to feel bad or s**t shamed for having sex , because that is wrong. It was a consensual event, Harshad used a condom but it didn't work, so what should people do in those situations? Is there a way to prevent pregnancy, or was there a step Navya should have taken to stop herself from having this condition?

STDs are increasing , pre-marital sex is growing across all regions across S.Asia , this is why it needs to be discussed.
This will help rape survivors too, who are made to feel impure, pathetic because they were exploited. the concept of purity attached to the vagina needs to be removed, it regresses women so badly, because I haven't heard of a chastity belt for the guys?Shouldn't they be as pure too?


Talk, demand, ask the awkward ,uncomfortable question and then make that choice. It is not a question about Yes or a No , but being aware, acknowledging what exists and being safe.

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Posted: 10 years ago
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I read every word on this post of yours, it is simply fantastic.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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👏 Yes, punishment is not what they need... A helping hand to support them to help themselves instead of leaving them hanging around aimlessly! May be one can simply save an orphan being added to the Homes!!!

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