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Indian concepts on sexuality
India is a vast country depicting wide social, cultural and sexual variations. Indian concept of sexuality has evolved over time and has been immensely influenced by various rulers and religions. Indian sexuality is manifested in our attire, behavior, recreation, literature, sculptures, scriptures,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705691/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23858263 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.105546 |
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author | Chakraborty, Kaustav Thakurata, Rajarshi Guha |
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description | India is a vast country depicting wide social, cultural and sexual variations. Indian concept of sexuality has evolved over time and has been immensely influenced by various rulers and religions. Indian sexuality is manifested in our attire, behavior, recreation, literature, sculptures, scriptures, religion and sports. It has influenced the way we perceive our health, disease and device remedies for the same. In modern era, with rapid globalization the unique Indian sexuality is getting diffused. The time has come to rediscover ourselves in terms of sexuality to attain individual freedom and to reinvest our energy to social issues related to sexuality. |
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spelling | pubmed-37056912013-07-15 Indian concepts on sexuality Chakraborty, Kaustav Thakurata, Rajarshi Guha Indian J Psychiatry Review Article India is a vast country depicting wide social, cultural and sexual variations. Indian concept of sexuality has evolved over time and has been immensely influenced by various rulers and religions. Indian sexuality is manifested in our attire, behavior, recreation, literature, sculptures, scriptures, religion and sports. It has influenced the way we perceive our health, disease and device remedies for the same. In modern era, with rapid globalization the unique Indian sexuality is getting diffused. The time has come to rediscover ourselves in terms of sexuality to attain individual freedom and to reinvest our energy to social issues related to sexuality. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3705691/ /pubmed/23858263 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.105546 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Chakraborty, Kaustav Thakurata, Rajarshi Guha Indian concepts on sexuality |
title | Indian concepts on sexuality |
title_full | Indian concepts on sexuality |
title_fullStr | Indian concepts on sexuality |
title_full_unstemmed | Indian concepts on sexuality |
title_short | Indian concepts on sexuality |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705691/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23858263 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.105546 |
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