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Aug. 13 2009 - 6:51 pm | 29 views | 0 recommendations | 78 comments

More TV and Less Sex? Ask the Sexologist…

By YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN

On World Population Day, India’s new health and welfare minister had an idea…a way to solve India’s over population problem…bring  more electricity to rural India, not to provide basic neccesities, but so people have less sex–meaning less children.  India’s yearly population increase equals the entire population of Australia.  So, I admit they have a problem.  They are well on their way to surpassing China, and on top of that they make up over 50% of the world’s poor.  Hence, the lack of electricity.  More electricity is good yes, but more tv, and less sex?  I have never heard of such a thing being more helpful.  How about a little dose of sex education, or education for that matter.

According to the CIA factbook, less than half of India’s female population is literate while 73% of men are literate.  So, I blame the men!  Just kidding, but shouldn’t the men at least know how to use a condom?  I know if the women could read they would certainly make sure that condom was being used whether or not Leno (sorry, Conan now) was on or not.

CNN references a study done by an Italian sexologist (that is quite a job title…imagine meeting someone in a bar…”What do you do?…I am a sexologist!…A what?…A sexologist!”). The study finds couples with televisions in their bedrooms had sex half as much as those without it.  Wow, now that is really some telling information.  I think most of us know that by now…it’s kind of one of those questions you ask when you are in a new relationship…tv, or no tv in the bedroom.  Its also the thing you bring into your bedroom when you are sad and lonely…too much information???

Sorry…Either way, this does not seem like the solution to reducing India’s population problem.  India currently spends only 3.2% of their GDP on education equal to Armenia and Chile.  But, India is the 5th largest economy in the world, Chile?  number 44, and Armenia? 125.  So, I am thinking education is the way to go…because there is also that little problem of HIV/AIDS.  India has the 4th largest population of people in the world  living with the disease.  Let’s not take away the joys of life just to bring more reality television to India.

Then again what would you do if you had no electricity?  I guess go to the movies…

 
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