Abhilasha Agarwal Aditya Phafat

Ayushi Agarwal Jay Agarwal Prachi Ranka

Madhur Agarwal Yash Parmar
 History  Literature  Religion

 Sculptures  Attire  Culture

 Scriptures  Behavior  Education

Source:- NCBI
 Parents/Family  Film-makers  Psychiatrists

 Friends  Advertisers  Psychologists

 Teachers or  Celebrities &  Law Makers &

Mentors Public Figures Police

 Neighbors  News Reporters  Society in whole

Present Scenario:-
 50% of children faces one or more forms of sexual abuse.
(The Guardian)

 82% children do not receive any sort of guidance about sex

from their parents. (Survey)

 Teenage girls continue to get married and become pregnant

(11.8 million teenage pregnancy). (The Guardian & The BMJ)
Desired Scenario:-
 Parents should give basic knowledge about sex to children.

 Parents needs to be against child marriage and adolescent

pregnancy.

Why they will be helpful?

 Psychological literature reveals the profound influence that
parents have on the lives of their children. Parents are the primary
socializers of their children. (Surveyed in batch MBA ‘17, Auro
University)
Present Scenario:-
 Friends refrain from talking about sex and sexuality with
each other. (Surveyed in Batch MBA ‘17, Auro University)

 Neighbors do not talk about sex in open and refrain from

discussions on such topics. (All group members hesitatingly
asked their family and extended family if they’re comfortable
talking about sex with their neighbors or not)
Desired Scenario:-
 Friends need to be more open about talking sex with each
other.

 Neighbors need to take such topics in consideration and be

more open to it as such topics shouldn’t be a taboo.

Why they will be helpful?

 Survey reveals that friends have a very powerful impact on
each other. (Surveyed in batch MBA ’17, Auro University)
Present Scenario:-
 WHO states that the age group of 12 to 19 years counts for
some 34 per cent of the HIV-infected persons in the world.
(oneindia)

 Students hesitate to discuss with teachers about the topics

related to sex. (Surveyed in batch MBA ‘17, Auro University)
Desired Scenario:-
 WHO’S desired Scenario: Sex education should be imparted
to every child who is 12 years and above. (oneindia)

Why they will be helpful?

 A survey found a large majority (88%) of Americans said they
had a teacher who had a “significant positive impact” on their
life, and 98% said they believe that a good teacher can change
the course of a student’s life. (ING Foundation Survey)
Present Scenario:-
 Let’s watch a video.
 Let’s go through a Scoop Whoop article.

Desired Scenario:-
 Mr. Shyam Benegal is the one person who has went close to
objectifying women in his films. His women are strong, speak
and act their minds and fight injustice in the system (Mandi,
Hari Bhari, Zubeidaa, Mammo, Sardari Begum, etc.). Script-
writers must focus on women-centric films and instead of
objectifying a woman, focus on depicting the reality of the
Indian society. So, all the film-makers and advertisers should
learn from the work of Mr. Shyam Benegal.
Why they will be helpful:-
Because the study found that between 1993 and 2001,
incidents of physical violence increased by 378 per cent.
TV shows in 2001 averaged 40 acts of violence per hour.
(Research Gate)
Present Scenario:-
 It's not just relationships, celluloid content shown by
bollywood stars in movies is also influencing how sex is
practiced, says a prominent psychologist, Dr. Harish Shetty.
(First Post)
Desired Scenario:-
 Let’s watch a video. So, celebrities and news reporters should
impart such thought process in the minds of their supporters
& followers.

Why they will be helpful?

 Studies show the effect that watching negative news had on
peoples’ worries & vice versa. (Psychology Today)
Present Scenario:-
 They are not directly or closely affecting our perception
towards sex but are indirectly making us all refrain from
addressing topics such as Sex, Rape, Divorce, etc. (Surveyed
in batch MBA ‘17, Auro University)

 Journal of Interpersonal Violence states that the laws focus

in on the behavior of the victim, rather than the assailant
(Fischer, 1989).
Desired Scenario:-
 Rapists, not victims should be the ones to feel ashamed of
anything. (Times Union)

Why they will be helpful?

 Behaviour & mind-set of Psychiatrists, Psychologist, Law-
makers & Police affect the way we deal with the situations like
adolescent pregnancy, rape, divorce and talking about sex in
general. (Surveyed in batch MBA ’17, Auro University)
Present Scenario:-

 Let’s watch a video consisting of songs that objectify women

in bollywood. Irony is those songs have thousands of likes
and millions of views on youtube.
Desired Scenario:-
 There shouldn’t be any gender discrimination in any
condition and all the genders should be treated at par.
 Objectification of any gender shouldn’t be supported in any
form.

Why society will be helpful?

 Because the society is all around us. It has huge impact on us
in some or the other way. We get affected from how a group
of people think about a certain matter and that becomes the
driver of our perception. (Surveyed in batch MBA ‘17, Auro
University)
Major religious attraction in Guwahati; people worship
bleeding goddess in Kamakhya Devi Temple. (Open
Native Planet for picture)

 We can build temples of The Bleeding Goddess to

increase or stimulate awareness about menstrual
cycle which will also help in changing sex related
perceptions.
 Sex Education is important for teens to know about the
positive and negative impacts of sex. Teenage Pregnancy is
directly or indirectly related to the quality of sex education
imparted in schools and at home. So, giving knowledge of sex
will surely help in changing our perception towards sex and
we will be more open to discuss such topics.

 Let’s watch a video backing this theory.

 Puberty Ritual of South India is a tradition or a practice of
celebrating the first menstrual cycle of a girl as it indicates the
attainment of puberty. So, making it a common practive all
over India will help us all in being more open to talk about
Menstrual Cycle, Sexuality and Sex too. (India Vivid)

 Let’s watch this video of Puberty Ritual, in fast forward.

 In Hinduism, sexual intercourse is considered neither evil
nor sinful nor dirty. Sex is divine, and the basis of creation
and preservation. (HinduWebsite)

 Sexuality was not a secret thing in Vedic period as it is

evident from Hindu places of worship like Khajuraho, Ajanta,
Ellora temples and scriptures like Kama Sutra and various
other Hindu texts which openly spoke or showed
pornography. (Hinduism in Vedas)
 Because in spite of the fact that India is the birthplace of the
Kama Sutra & home to many explicit sculptures like
Khajuraho & Konark, sex continues to be a taboo subject.
Why?

 Let’s go through an article on Quora.

God Ardhnarishwar: God Shiva shedded half of himself to
accommodate his wife, Parvati in his own body . This is the
story of Ardhnarishwar. This is basically trying to manifest
that the masculine and the feminine are equally divided
within yourself. (Sadh Guru)

 By imparting such knowledge,

perception about sex can be
changed.
 Parents should be provided with the workshops where the
importance of sex education or sex awareness among
teenagers is discussed.

 Let’s have a look on one such campaign i.e. Swaraksha

We’re open to feedback, suggestions and questions…