Considering the much talked about issue these days is definitely 'SEX', from homemade videos, Scandals and definitely AIDS. I finally thought to write something about it. And besides all that, I had to update my blog. People should not think that my literary grey cells have worn out and faded away into oblivion.
Seriously, the greatest concern for me to write about this article is the fact that people in this country still treat this as one of the 'taboo' topics. Almost one in ten people in our country are infected with HIV virus. Majority of the people in this bracket come under the age group of sixteen to twenty four. So anybody who has a wee bit common sense will realize that this is the youth of our country that we have been talking about here. This is definitely a serious issue which needs to be addressed sooner rather than later.
Our country, the land of the 'Kama Sutra' (heard about it anyone ??), is home to over One billion people. So the most obvious conclusion that anybody can derive is that somebody is definitely having sex. But the fact remains that sex is still a taboo. But why? A former Home Minister or Minister of Health (which one that I don't exactly recollect) said that we should not use condom advertisements for family program's and AIDS programe. That particular minister believed that by doing so we will corrupt the youth of the country. This incident pretty much sums up the support (or the lack of it) we are going to get from the Government.
Sharon Stone, the famous Hollywood actress, once said that you can't stop teenagers from having sex, so you better teach them how to use a condom. Well that might seem taking a rather casual view about this matter (and in fact, it is), we should think of novel ways as to how to make the youth and teenagers of our country aware of sex, sexuality as well as AIDS. The Heroes Project, (the recent advertisements on TV, showing parents trying to communicate with their kids through radios, dropping of coins, flipping magazine covers etc are all part of The Heroes Project), is quite a novel way of putting ideas across. Although I particularly believe that the parents should be able to have a free conversation with their children about sex, rather than movies, magazines and gossip.
I do agree that change is taking place, although slowly, but steadily. But now the time has come that this topic be brought out of the closet and into the open. The virus is spreading much faster than the message. Or just to rephrase it as an advertising punch line used by a popular TV channel, we have to 'Spread the message, not the virus'.
All those persons concerned with morality, take a hike............
As far as my opinion on homemade sex videos and mms scandals.....hmmm........Maybe we will discuss it some other time.
2 comments:
I feel the most critical reason that AIDS is fast spreading is due to ignorance.I remember the days when i was a teenager and my parents used to shy away whenever the topic of sex came up,this went to such a pathetic extent when our biology teacher skipped a lesson as it gave information about sex. I feel until people dont realize the importance of giving their children sex education more teenagers will rely on internet and porn,which will ultimately mislead them and lead to a worser tommorrow.
i think the information about the sex should be given to childrens from the school level only. this will help them to get the things very easily. AIDS is the think which we think that we know everything but we have very less information.and the parents also should talk to childrens about this. when the teenagers talk about in the group , they always take it in a light way i mean they talk abt it just for fun but they should be given the proper direction.
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