[Reader-list] The condoms sealing our minds

[Yousuf]

I have just been told an unbelievable story by a Delhi
school teacher which can’t be called funny or
hilarious – it is rather sad. A seventh-grade boy in a
south Delhi school was caught yesterday by his teacher
possessing a packet of condoms. This of course was
considered so scandalous that the teacher beat the kid
with a leather belt for several minutes. 

But apart from this sad part, the more hilarious news
is that when other staff members enquired the teacher
the reason for this punishment, he kept saying it’s
not proper to tell (“batane layaq baat nahi hai”). It
gets more hilarious: he went to show the possession to
the lady principle (who, I’ve been told, is
unmarried). She apparently asked him “what is this
used for
?”

It seems when the word spread, a couple of other
“unmarried” lady teachers whispered among themselves –
what exactly was it? What’s the big deal? “It’s
something they use for family planning”, someone
replied, and so on. Other students who were witness to
the punishment too kept guessing what was so criminal
that their classmate did.

This shows the kind of awareness our schools and
teachers have or give about sex. Instead of
demystifying what he was carrying, the child was
pushed further into the darkness about the subject of
sex. When he grows up, his body will probably remember
yesterday’s beating every time he thinks about sex.

Yousuf





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