By Nishant Arora
–NEWDELHI
s more Indians
surf for online
pornography,
despite efforts
to ban it,
experts caution that
excessive exposure to
explicit sex on the net
may result in some of
them turning into porn
addicts and hypersexuals.
“Obsessive porn view-
ing can turn some into
hyper-sexuals and
addicts. This may later
lead to porn dependence
or even promiscuity,
leading to relationship
break-ups,” says Dr
Manish Jain, senior con-
sultant (psychiatrist) at
BLK Super Speciality
Hospital, New Delhi.
In India, porn watch-
ing on internet, particu-
larly among women, is on
the rise. They are slowly
bridging the gap with
their male counterparts
who have traditionally
been leading consumers
of sex online. Today
Indian women are 30 per-
cent of the regular visitors
to porn websites, says a
study undertaken by New
York-based news website,
The Daily Beast in collab-
oration with popular sex
website Pornhub.
The figure has risen
from last year, when 26
percent of Indian visitors
were women. The data
was collated from nearly
40 million Pornhub users.
According to Dr
Sameer Malhotra, direc-
tor (mental health and
behavioural sciences) at
Max Super Speciality
Hospital, too much
explicit porn can be asso-
ciated with a need for
stronger visual signals for
arousal.
“It can make the act
feel too mechanical. It
can also cause stress in a
relationship along with
various other problems in
one’s romantic and per-
sonal life,” he told IANS.
Sexual behaviors and
libido, however, vary from
person to person.
“There is evidence to
suggest that watching
pornography does result
in a greater objectifica-
tion of both men and
women,” stresses Dr
Samir Parikh, director of
mental health and behav-
ioural sciences at Fortis
Hospital in New Delhi.
Can excessive porn
affect the libido in
women?
“Results can vary as in
some cases, it can
increase libido leading to
promiscuity and exces-
sive masturbation. In
others, however, it may
lead to decreased sexual
activity in which gratifica-
tion is attained only by
watching pornography,”
explains Dr Jain.
Despite several studies
claiming that porn is bad
for your brain and your
relationships, there are
other studies saying that
porn does not cause
irrecoverable harm to the
brain or your sex life and,
in fact, it might even be
kind of good for you.
“In a recent paper, two
Danish researchers con-
cluded from a survey of
688 Danish adults that
porn did not yield any
negative mental or health
effects,” Dr Jain said.
In fact, the researchers
found a positive correla-
tion between subject’s
porn viewing and
increased sexual satisfac-
tion, as well as self-
reported benefits in other
areas of their lives, he
said.
Another recent study
by Pornhub for Mic.com
– a NewYork-based web-
site focussed on news for
millennials – revealed
that while the core audi-
ence for porn is predomi-
nantly male, there has
been a surge in women
porn viewers among the
millennial generation
(those born after 1980)
globally.
“Perhaps if this trend
continues, we will get to a
place where porn is pro-
duced with both male
and female fantasies in
mind,” the Mic study
said.
According to the data,
60 percent of porn-
watching millennials
watch it on their smart-
phones while only 33 per-
cent watch porn on com-
puters.
Dr Parikh, however,
tends to differ. “There is
nothing to say that
pornography is healthy.
At the same time,
depending on the nature
of pornographic viewing,
and that too infrequently,
may not be of concern
but either ways would
not be a healthy thing to
do,” he said.
“It can also stimulate
one’s fantasy and predis-
pose one towards risky
sex behavior,” notes Dr
Malhotra.
At times, multiple clip-
pings are used and
clubbed to showcase a
prolonged intercourse in
the porn movie. “This
could generate myths
and anxieties with
respect to one’s own per-
formance capabilities,”
he warns.
In the meantime, a
healthy and mature porn
watching is what experts
recommend for the
young women.
“Do not just treat porn
for carnal pleasure but for
enhancing the overall
experience of being
together with your part-
ner,” they advise.
- IANS
News India Times
September 11, 2015
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– that’s all you need to know
India
A
India Cancels
Foreign
Funding
Licence Of
Greenpeace
Local Unit
– MUMBAI
I
ndia’s government has
cancelled a licence
that allowed
Greenpeace
International’s Indian
unit receive donations
from abroad, the envi-
ronmental group said on
Sept. 3.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s govern-
ment suspended the
group’s licence in April
and blocked foreign
funds in many of its bank
accounts. The govern-
ment said Greenpeace
misreported funds and
spent money to obstruct
developmental projects.
The action was part of
a wider crackdown --
New Delhi has in recent
months tightened sur-
veillance on foreign-
funded non-governmen-
tal organizations, can-
celling several of their
licences.
“It is yet another
attempt to silence cam-
paigns for a more sus-
tainable future and trans-
parency in public
processes,”Vinuta Gopal,
interim co-executive
director at Greenpeace
India, said in a statement
late on Thursday.
The government says
it has found holes in
Greenpeace’s balance
sheet. The group rejects
the allegations and has
launched a legal action
against Modi’s govern-
ment.
InMay, a New Delhi
court allowed
Greenpeace to gather
domestic donations.
“Since the majority of
our funding comes from
Indian citizens, most of
our work can indeed
continue,” the
Greenpeace statement
said.
India’s home ministry
has also placed the pri-
vate U.S. Ford
Foundation on a watch
list.
Reuters could not
immediately reach the
home ministry for a
comment outside regular
business hours.
- IANS
Despite Efforts To
Ban PornWatching
Rises Among
Women
“Perhaps if this trend continues,
wewill get to a placewhere porn is
producedwithbothmale and
female fantasies inmind”
