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Sex positivity and women’s sexual agency in modern India

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Patricia Szilagyi
February 2, 2024

Female pleasure and sex positivity are not often talked about very openly. What does sexual agency look like for women in contemporary India? And how does it differ from the Western image of the sexually liberated woman?

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