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MUMBAI, December 28: The leading Marathi monthly magazine, Charchoughi, has come out with a special issue on sex. Releasing the special January issue edited by sexologist Dr Rajan Bhosale today, noted columnist Shobha De said, ``Bringing out a sex special issue of a women's magazine in a society that is repressed is indeed a bold step.'' She spoke about the nature of questions received for her columns, both 25 years ago and in the recent past, she revealed that they have taken a quantum leap from those on acne problems to problems related to sexual functions and people's bodies.
``But sex generates fear in our society and is something about which there is gross ignorance all around. Our society does not encourage pleasure and families have a conservative approach to it,'' she said.
De referred to the hostile and scathing reactions her writings on sexuality had evoked. After the release of the special issue, a panel discussion was held on `Sex and Woman's Psychology'. The panelists included seniorsexologist Dr J V Bhatt, psychiatrist Dr Hemangi Dhavale, gynaecologists Dr Jyoti Taskar and Dr Meenal Pathak, Dr Kamal Padgaonkar, Dr Hitesh Shah and Dr Bhosale, who spoke about the basic difference in male and female sexuality.
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