By Lipi Mehta:
Agents Of Ishq is a multimedia project about love, sex and desire, spearheaded by badass filmmaker Paromita Vohra. Often, various ‘agents’ get together on Twitter and have lovely, open conversations on topics still considered taboo in Indian society. Recently, they were on a mission to collect memories and experiences of receiving sex education in order to understand how much importance we give (rather, don’t give) to this crucial topic.
Some #sexedmemories were ridiculous, some hopeful and some just plain sad – but all of them, a mirror to where we live and how most of us have grown up. Take a look at some here and if you have any sex ed memories to share, please do share them openly as a comment below!
1. The story of many classrooms in India.
@AgentsofIshq @theladiesfinger 1 hour biology class in class 9..woefully inadequate..we read up everything ourselves.(note:all girls school)
— Saileena Sarkar (@saileenasarkar) January 15, 2016
2. Fast and practical, isn’t it?
@AgentsofIshq @fempositive one day biology class in 7th grade, boys & girls were separated & got own lessons, also health science books
— Trishna Rana (@TrishnaRana1) January 15, 2016
3. Quite the reason to be homeschooled.
@AgentsofIshq Under advice from our church my parent took me out of 4th grade & homeschooled me rather than have me take a sex ed class
— Jason Phoenix (@JPHX) January 15, 2016
4. We do it, but we can’t openly talk about it!
@AgentsofIshq not really. kanpur. super conservative about acknowledging and talking about shit they did in empty classrooms all the time.
— Shibesh Mehrotra (@lordoftheshibs) January 15, 2016
5. Some good at least.
@AgentsofIshq 8th standard once, no barrels, full explanation. 12th stdrd boys school, so no sex ed
— Hellvolhardzelensky (@r1ghtu) January 15, 2016
6. Best protective measure.
@AgentsofIshq Our textbooks were all blacked out. 😀
— | Absinthe | (@yaksshi) January 15, 2016
7. Times, they are a (not) changing.
@AgentsofIshq one hour in biology class in 9th with everyone giggling and a few hrs in 12th (with everyone still giggling)
— Abhishek Upadhya (@_logik) January 15, 2016
8. And finally, Agents Of Ishq says it like it is.
What sex ed is often like. pic.twitter.com/oW2HouJaeM
— Agents of Ishq (@AgentsofIshq) January 15, 2016