New Delhi: The young Indian feels he knows all the right moves under the sheets, but most of his sexual information comes from the internet and friends, a new survey has revealed.
In the third and final part of the IBNLive "How Young India loves: the under-25 sex survey" we bring you the sexual habits of urban Indians exploring life, love and fidelity.
When it comes to sex education, Indian families aren’t of much help to youngsters who are forced to rely on websites, friends and books for advice on sex.
We asked youngsters where they get their sexual information from and 68 per cent gave Internet as their answer. Friends and peer groups play a key role too. Twenty per cent said they got their sexual information from friends, 10 per cent from books and/or magazines and only one per cent from their parent(s) and other member(s) of the family.
Another interesting fact came up in course of analyzing the survey. Women alone do not depend on the internet much for their sexual knowledge and tend to go to friends or family members more. Forty-four per cent women respondents said they get their sexual information from friends, parents, family members and books and magazines.
But clearly the lack of parental guidance hasn’t stopped young Indians from enjoying their sex lives. We found Indian youths wake up to sex late in life but when they do they play the field before settling down with one partner.
When we asked them, "How do you rate the level of your sexual knowledge?" 63 per cent said "Adequate", 30 per cent said "I know everything there's to know" while 7 per cent said "Lower than I'd like".
Women are remarkably well-informed about sex. Sixty-three per cent said their sexual knowledge was adequate.
Although a majority of the people we surveyed is heterosexual (80 per cent), a significant section (21 per cent) listed their sexuality as homosexual, bisexual or 'other'.
What's even more interesting is the fact that when we streamlined the data for only married men and women, 24 per cent of respondents stated their sexuality as bisexual, homosexual or "other"!
While friends play an integral part in the early sexual development of Indian youths, we found individual choices are not influenced by peer groups.
We asked them "Have you ever been under pressure from friends and/or peers to participate in sexual activities?" a majority (86 per cent) said "no".
An alarming fact came out of the readings. More women feel pressured to use drugs and alcohol to perform better sexually. The same applied to married men and women.
When we asked youths "Are you concerned that you might do more than you meant to sexually if you have been drinking or using drugs?" 69 per cent said "no" and 31 per cent said "yes." But Twenty-four per cent of married men and women and 41 per cent of women said yes to the question.
Indians set their own pace in bed. When asked "Are you/have you been in a relationship where things are moving too fast sexually for your comfort?" 76 per cent said "no".
A sexually progressive India, with its youngsters wanting to explore more emerged out of our survey. If they are negligent about safe sexual practices, lack of appropriate information and the taboo associated with the subject are to be blamed.
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