Hindus
Are the Most Promiscuous Followed By Buddhists and Muslims
Main
Points:
1. Hindus have
2.2 number of mean sexual partners in a life time.
2. Buddhists
and Muslims have 1.7 partners.
3. Jains have
the least 1.1.
4. Finnland is
the most promiscuous country.
5. Morocco and,
Turkey feature in most promiscuous countries list.
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By
New Age Islam Staff Writer
26 August
2022
Photo:
National Secular Society
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In the
Muslim society intermingling of men and women is restricted because Muslims
believe that unnecessary interaction between men and women leads to promiscuity
which is a major sin in Islam. Not only in Islam, promiscuity is prohibited in
every religion. To prevent promiscuity, the idea of gender segregation is found
in the Orient. Even in societies where mixing of men and women is not strictly
restricted the idea of gender segregation is recognised.
In India,
we find gender segregation in railway trains, buses, and in government offices.
However, in Muslim countries, gender segregation is more strictly imposed. But
in multicultural societies where Muslims live with non-Muslims, Muslims have
the liberty to interact with the opposite sex, have business transactions or
have friendship, they demonstrate almost similar social or moral behaviour.
The
mingling of the opposite sexes sometimes leads to promiscuity and in such
liberal societies, promiscuity is a socially acceptable behaviour though not
encouraged or approved. The western countries, therefore, show the highest rate
of promiscuity. According to a survey, Finland is the most promiscuous followed
by New Zealand, Australia, Latvia, Slovenia, and Denmark. US, UK etc. Morocco
and Turkey are the two Muslim countries among the most promiscuous countries.
It is because, in these countries promiscuity is a normal human behaviour.
But when we
look at India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, we find that promiscuity is very low as
these countries are inhabited by Hindus and Muslims, Buddhists and Jains. And
these communities consider promiscuity a sin. However, despite extra-marital
sexual relationship is a taboo in the Indian society, promiscuity is a
documented reality.
The
National Family Health Survey recently released the findings of its survey. The
survey reveals the sexual behaviour of the men and women belonging to different
religions and regions. 1.1 lakh women and one lakh men were questioned on
various sexual issues and the survey revealed that Hindu men were the most
promiscuous among the Indian men with 2.2 mean number of sexual partners in
life time.
However,
they are on the same level with the men in the OBC category who also have the
same percentage. That is they are no better than the lower caste people in
terms of sexual morality. Christians who are considered more liberal and who do
not have the idea of gender segregation rank second with 1.9 nean number of
partners in a lifetime. Buddhists and Muslims rank 3rd with 1.7 mean number of
partners.
The sexual
behaviour of men on state level is varied. The mean number of sexual partners
of men in Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand is 4.7 while in Goa, it is
surprisingly 1.1. The highest is among the men in Meghalaya with 9.
In
Pakistan, the scenario is grimmer. In a survey, 29 per cent of men among 2400
responded with non-marital relationship. In Bangladesh a Muslim majority
country, promiscuity is one per cent with an upward slide.
This simple
study brings some unconventional truth, and that is, gender segregation does
not necessarily guarantee prevention of promiscuity and freedom of mixing with
the opposite sex does not always lead to promiscuity. If that had been the
case, the Muslims of India would not have only 1.7 mark in comparison to their
Hindu counterparts. They have the same freedom as the Hindu males.
Bangladesh,
with a conservative society has nine per cent promiscuity rate, marginally
lower than that of Indian Muslims. Pakistan has the worst degree of moral
behaviour where promiscuity is more than India and Bangladesh though the
society of Pakistan is more conservative.
Among the
African countries, Morocco and Turkey are among the most promiscuous countries
because of their cultural proximity to the West.
The results
of the survey show that gender segregation is not an effective tool in
preventing promiscuity or sexual sins. But the religious community insists on
it as the only means to prevent promiscuity and ignores the importance of moral
values among men.
The survey
also reveals that despite living in an open and liberal society where gender
segregation is not forced on the Muslims, majority of them have not left their
religious and moral values and the sexual behaviour prescribed by the Quran and
hadith.
It also
reveals that religion does not play an important role in shaping the moral
behaviour of a community. It is the long standing social values and norms that
shape it. Morocco and Turkey feature among the most promiscuous countries while
India, Pakistan and Iran don't. The Christians of India are not the most
promiscuous while the Christians of the Western countries are the most
promiscuous. The collective consciousness of a community makes a practice
permissible or impermissible.
However,
they should also introspect why the Jains are better than them with only 1.1
mean number of sexual partners.
Islam
declares illicit sexual relationship a major sin and a punishable crime and the
Quran calls Muslims the best Ummah who should present an example of good
moral behaviour. Therefore, even 1.7 is not a commendable position. It means
promiscuity in the Muslim society is a social evil which needs to be curbed and
rooted out not merely with gender segregation but with inculcation of religious
and moral values among them.
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