After reading about Dr. Watsa’s journey at MedBound Times: Dr. Mahinder Watsa: India’s Pioneer of Sex Education
Do you think enough has changed in India’s approach to sex education since his early days? Or are we still stuck in a cycle of silence and discomfort?
I think we are still stuck in the cycle of silence and discomfort…
I believe The cycle has not been broken fully yet 50%has been broken
We, the people of india, shy to tell about and educate our child about sex education and good touch and bad touch.
Hope it will change soon and the younger generation will contribute valuable addition to this eduation and will be aware of it.
Yes I also agree we are still in the cycle of Silence and Discomfort
Fully it is not changed
His contribution was immense and he has gone beyond the words of people and societal judgement to do what he did and we also saw how greatly beneficial it was for everyone. The immense messages that he used to get even during those times, indicate that sex education has always been crucial and people feel helpless often while posing their questions and concerns. The way he adopted a fun and quirky way to answer those questions were also commendable, as with serious attitude, this education can’t be handled well by many, considering the traditional culture we follow. Not much has changed definitely till then and now also people find it difficult to talk about their issues related in comparison with the other issues that many people feel free to talk about and explain to healthcare professionals. We need more doctors or educators or researchers to come to the front to initiate a discussion, to connect with real world people directly and then work towards how to spread the needed information in the field of sex education to people of all ages, as sexual health is an important dimension of human well-being and without addressing it, we will never be able to achieve a cumulative or holistic wellness.
We are living in the society where people feel shy to talk about sex related topics People feel discomfort in the younger generation should to be educated about good and bad touch and also shy inside us should be removed
His contribution tried to change
But as indians being indians we are all stuck in the cycle of silence and discomfort.
We need more people like him to break it , it’s not a one person battle
Silence, discomfort, and still being labelled as a taboo subject in the Indian culture…while during the ancient times the word ‘kam’ was very frequently used in the society because it resonated something that is a nature , a work to be done by us.
Kam was represented with art and as a part of culture in Indian ancient temples…but after invasion these things has faded away…
Dr. Mahinder Watsa work is commendable, but still talking about sex remains a taboo in many communities. However, educating teenagers is crucial to breaking the cycle of silence, misinformation, and discomfort surrounding the topic.
Yeah, As Indian people, we feel shy and hesitate to talk about sex and related topics. But it’s important to talk freely about this topic, to protect ourselves, to teach children what is right or wrong.
I think we are still in the cycle of silence and discomfort. Though their columns had implemented huge impact on society taking forward the sex education in India. For assuring it’s success I personally feel the government should implement the sex education programmes in schools. On the other hand parents should be openly guide their children to get sex education. This will bring BETTER TOMORROW WITH GOOD BETTER BEST INDIA having sex education.
In my opinion, India has made some progress in sex education, but stigma and silence still dominate.
Dr Watsa started an important conversation, but we still lack open conversation, proper education, and trained educators. Real change is slow and still more pretence than progress.
No we still sucked in between the silence and awkwardness. Now also everyone’s opinion is still bad on this and if someone speaks about it then people will see with negative feeling like is this a topic to speak up.
Changes need some time and related to this will take time to analyse that this is normal like any other problems.
I agree we are stuck in a cycle of silence and discomfort.
DR Mahinder Watsa is not just sexologist he was a revolutionary man.
In india a word sex is very often we talk about it with embarrassment where he choose to speak about it publicly .
India still treat sex education as an optional or controversial for young generation.
Dr Mahinder Watsa changes lives, he taught a nation how to talk about a thing .
We are still stuck in a cycle of silence and discomfort. We should definitely educate students and people who do not understand the importance of sex education. He definitely tried to change the thoughts but somewhere the mentality could not change much.
Despite there has been some positive initiatives and efforts, there are many Indians who still feel hesitant to openly discuss about sex education or sexuality. Risking misinformation and remorse, many kids seek out the online resources, also their peers for solutions.
In some regions though some improvement exists, but a nationwide change is very much necessary.
To be precise, not enough but yes, things have changed. But there’s alot more to be changed. There’s a lot more to be worked upon. The contribution was a pickup, and this what we have today is just an initial phase. It’ll take time and lot of work for a complete change that can be considered as enough.
