sexless marriage: A slow poison

Nobody talks about the difficulties of sexless marriages. It’s like a slow poison that eats you up with growing frustration. We don’t talk about a woman’s desires. Because if she has sexual needs, then society brands her a kulakshani. A wayward woman who’s brought dishonour to the family name. 

In our traditional culture, women were taught that sex was purely for procreation. So when they have these desires, they hold back, and feel it’s wrong. Men are supposed to be the initiators and women the objects of satisfaction, rarely the other way around. Women saying they want sex can be very shocking for some people. 

Some women starting doubts on themselves. They thinks that their body is not attractive. And in this way, mental problems start. 

Since women are taught to be evergreen people-pleasers, female pleasure is often elusive in sexual relationships. 

An online medical portal conducted a pretty telling survey about sexual dissatisfaction in 2015 and found that 72% of women in the group were dissatisfied with their sex life. On the contrary, almost 98 % of married men proclaimed satisfaction..