2007_male intergenerational sex in South Asia
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Male <strong><strong>in</strong>tergenerational</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ual<br />
relations <strong>in</strong> contemporary <strong>South</strong> <strong>Asia</strong><br />
33rd Annual Meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
International Academy of Sex Research<br />
Vancouver, Canada<br />
8-11 August <strong>2007</strong><br />
Shivananada Khan OBE
Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
A b<strong>in</strong>ary world<br />
M<strong>in</strong>d<br />
Man<br />
Male<br />
Mascul<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Young<br />
Hetero<strong>sex</strong>ual<br />
Straight<br />
Body<br />
Woman<br />
Fe<strong>male</strong><br />
Fem<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>e<br />
Old<br />
Homo<strong>sex</strong>ual<br />
Gay<br />
<strong>South</strong> <strong>Asia</strong><br />
Man Not-man Woman<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Age of first <strong>sex</strong>ual act<br />
Catalyst/NFI study <strong>in</strong> 2002<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Gender of first<br />
<strong>sex</strong> partner<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Self-identified fem<strong>in</strong>ised <strong>male</strong>s (self-labeled as kothis)<br />
Age of first <strong>sex</strong> encounter (N= 500)<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
First <strong>sex</strong> act<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Age of first <strong>sex</strong> partner<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Relation to first <strong>sex</strong><br />
partner<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Family <strong>sex</strong><br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Current partners<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Current family <strong>sex</strong><br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Framework of <strong>male</strong>-<strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities and<br />
practices<br />
• “Beardless youth” are not men<br />
• Receptive <strong>male</strong> partners are not men<br />
• Non-vag<strong>in</strong>al <strong>sex</strong> is “not real <strong>sex</strong>” - it is “mischief”<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Boys are not men<br />
A beardless youth - a halekon<br />
An object of desire<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
His beautiful attributes promise someth<strong>in</strong>g delicious<br />
His eyes shadowed with kohl, filled with temptation.<br />
Upon whatever part of his body the eyes might rest,<br />
It gives cont<strong>in</strong>ual delight…..<br />
Abu Nuwas c.757-814 C.E)<br />
Throughout central <strong>Asia</strong>, the Middle-East and parts of<br />
<strong>South</strong> <strong>Asia</strong>, poetry such as this was common, until the<br />
beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs of the 20th century.<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
First gay 'marriage' <strong>in</strong> Pakistan…<br />
A gay couple have become the first to get "married" <strong>in</strong><br />
Pakistan, accord<strong>in</strong>g to reports from the<br />
region.Witnesses said a 42-year-old Afghan refugee held<br />
a marriage ceremony with a local tribesman of 16 <strong>in</strong> the<br />
remote Khyber region border<strong>in</strong>g Afghanistan……..<br />
BBC news 5 October 2005<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Fem<strong>in</strong>isation and <strong>male</strong>-<strong>male</strong> desire<br />
Self-identified as<br />
zenanas <strong>in</strong> Pakistan and<br />
kothis <strong>in</strong> India and<br />
Bangladesh<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Fem<strong>in</strong>isation and <strong>male</strong>-<strong>male</strong> desire<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Learn<strong>in</strong>g to be a kothi<br />
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Advocacy, policy and support on <strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ualities<br />
Mascul<strong>in</strong>ities of <strong>male</strong>-<strong>male</strong> <strong>sex</strong>ual desire<br />
“Real men” labelled as<br />
panthis or giryas by their<br />
fem<strong>in</strong>ised partners<br />
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