CHENNAI, India — As sexual freedom sweeps across India, women are increasingly finding that the price they have to pay in this euphoric atmosphere is very heavy.
Much as their Western counterparts learned during the 1960s' sexual liberation facilitated by the "pill," Indian women are realizing that free sex is potentially lethal, basically because of the different expectations of men and women. While men tend to offer love for sex, women submit to sex to attain a sense of emotional fulfillment.
It was, therefore, not surprising when a 15-year-old girl in the western Indian city of Pune recently agreed to meet her boyfriend on Friendship Day. She must have felt the first flush of love that leaves one dreamy and desired. But the boy brought three of his friends along, and they took turns raping her — just for fun.