Page 6 - Seniorstoday May 2024 Issue
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Cover Story






























         The Journey of Sex








         Discussing all-encompassing aspects of sex, Dr Rajan Bhonsle brings to
         light insights that will change the way you perceive your sexuality


         Sex can provoke excitement, passion, love,         THE PROS AND CONS OF SEXUAL
         intimacy and ecstasy as well as anxiety,           FANTASIES
         guilt, depression, anger and agony. The            Sexual fantasies occur in an astonishingly
         way we view sex, largely depends on our            wide variety of circumstances and
         culture and upbringing, the source of our          settings. Sometimes these imaginative
         sex education (if any), exposure to peers          interludes are intentionally called forth
         (healthy or unhealthy), our experiences,           to enliven a boring experience, to pass
         and also our age.                                  time, or to provide a sense of excitement.
                                                            At other times, sexual fantasies float
         WHAT IS SEXUALITY?                                 into awareness in a seemingly random
         Sexuality is a powerful dimension of the           fashion, perhaps triggered by feelings
         personality. It implies intelligent thinking,      and thoughts of which we have little or no
         sensitive feeling and behavioural reactions        awareness. Fantasising allows individuals
         associated with maleness or femaleness             to escape from the frustrations and limits
         of an individual. Sex is not a grimy secret        of everyday living. A phenomenon that is
         between two ashamed individuals, but a             found extremely prevalent with fantasising
         divine impulse of life and love.                   is that the person returns to a particular
          Here we touch upon a few topics that              preferred fantasy again and again, and
         seniors could benefit from:                        gets comfortable with or even addicted to


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