The ‘hush-hush’ desires

There are so many things we are hush-hush about. There are so many things that are there in our minds, in our desires, in our wishes, but we feel ashamed or are hesitant to admit them. Can we be called hypocritical for that? Perhaps yes, but then again people are so concerned about not going beyond social limits. Like it or not, abide by it or not, fact remains that we, at least most Indians, have this thing in the back of our mind that we have to abide by the social norms. How much we eventually abide by is questionable though.

Recently I conducted a survey among a group of young men and women to find out whether they feel that women, like men, have the desire to sleep with multiple partners. The feedback was very subjective, so I cannot share any data like how many voted in favour of the survey question and how many were against it. However, the responses that I received were very interesting. Some of the respondents are of the view that there may be women who crave to sleep with multiple partners, but it depends entirely on the type of persons they are. There were others who felt that it is disgusting and gross to think about sleeping with multiple partners.

However, I also got responses from women who agreed with the survey query. In fact, one of them went on to say that women actually think more than men about sleeping with multiple partners.

But there was one feedback which I couldn’t help but keep it for the last at it was said well, I thought. According to this respondent, single women certainly have the desire to sleep with multiple partners. Committed women also harbour the thought, but they suppress it later in life. It’s like a dormant volcano that can be sparked suddenly at any stage in life!