Do you openly discuss your sexual needs or is it a matter which is hushed upon often? Do you fear being misjudged as ‘perverted’ or ‘dirty’?  When I was in school I came across Maslow’s need-hierarchy theory. I was shocked at finding sexual needs listed there because I was habitual to understand that we must […]

Why does it make people uncomfortable when women openly speak about their desires? Why can’t we accept that women, much like men, are humans who have a desire for sex and pleasure? 

Unlike Indian cricket fans, women do not bleed blue.

According to a study, women in monogamous stable heterosexual relationships take around 12-14 minutes to reach sexual arousal.

If men have the freedom to demand pleasure from sex, so do women. If it is normal for men to reach sexual climax, so it is for women.

Why is anyone’s ‘first time’ automatically associated with PIV (Penis In Vagina) sex?

Indian society can live in blissful denial for all it wants. But the fact remains that even if young women can’t talk about sex, they are probably having sex. And loads of it.

If a woman owning her sexuality means defying cultural standards and expectations then it is essential for us to get our cultural standards and expectation right.

Lack of sexual agency could also mean getting little to no intimacy from your partner and having no say in it. How many women can say confidently that they can demand sex from their partner without any inhibition?

Sex as a means of gratification still remains a closeted topic in India. Therefore, an act which should strengthen a relationship ends up wrecking it instead, because of sexual inexperience, male entitlement to a woman’s body and sheer cluelessness about female sexuality. A larger section of Indian men fail to show any regard for their […]