Can Open Marriages Survive? No, Says This Psychologist
“Marriage is an institution which is held sacred between two individuals and is based on loyalty, trust, and companionship,” says Chennai based Psychologist Dr. Mini Rao. “Every marriage requires the fulfillment of certain acts, duties, and needs. In most cultures, marriages are a ritual and a process with set behaviours and expectations. Procreation, the fulfillment of sexual desires, economic dependency,…
Love, Sex, and Sex Toys
Love making, coitus, intercourse, mating, call it what you want- sex is an act which is natural and pleasurable and there is nothing to be ashamed about that. If you are one of those who thinks that sex is only an act to be performed for reproduction, then please look away because this article might make you uncomfortable to the…
Moving in With Your Partner? Here Are Few Tips for a Live-in Relationship
So after the eyes met, started dating, in-a-relationship, things escalate quickly, and before you know you have both planned to take the relationship to the next level by deciding to go for a live-in relationship. Well as much as you both enjoyed each others’ company in the dating phase, living together is not going to be only fun and play…
Are We Having a Jihad with Love, Sex, PDA, or Religion?
One other thing which ruffles the feathers of some Indians after Love Jihad is the Public Display of Affection (PDA). The recent controversy surrounding the kissing scene from the web series, A Suitable Boy was enough to send some radicals reeling. It had all the ingredients present to hurt their sentiments- an unmarried interfaith couple, a kissing scene, and that…
Ladies, Claim Your Climax!
Why Indian Woman Won't Orgasm Last year a condom ad took Indians by surprise when it revealed that 70 percent of women do not attain orgasm during sex. Wait, now 70 percent is a huge number. A number big enough to make us wonder why, women from the land of the Kamasutra, are not attaining climax during conjugation. The reason…
Spice Up Your Sex Life
Is your marriage losing its thrill because of boring sex life? Here are 8 things you can try to bring the excitement back. 1. Anticipation + Variety = Great Sex All good things come to those who wait. Delay penetration till he can take it no longer. Extend your foreplay with kisses, teases, orals. Just don’t let…
Being ‘a’ Gay to Being Gay- Homosexuality in Indian Cinema
For years, cinema has struggled to portray the LGBTQ community in their creations. From being stereotyped as the loud third gender Hijda (eunuch) characters to depicting gay men as effeminate characters hitting on other male casts, Bollywood and mainstream cinema have created set notions for homosexuals and transgenders which is far from the realistic portrayal, and are more often a…
Understanding Consent in the BDSM Context
BDSM - Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism. For the uninitiated, BDSM involves sexual preferences involving these physical restraints (one or more). While this may seem a scary sexual adventure, the BDSM is a thriving community worldwide. Some however find the whole idea absurd, psychopathological in nature, and borderline abnormal too. But on the contrary, practitioners of…