Just curious...
Knowing how sensitive middle eastern cultures are to gay and lesbian issues, how graphic does it get? And what are the laws against being so graphic in the middle eastern cultures?
shareIndia is not in the Middle East.
shareSorry about that. I proabably shouldn't generalize on that.
Ok, same question as I posted but narrowed down to Indian.
(Not that I think of it, India should be more considered asian. Looks like I learn something everday)
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How do bollywood stars who make movies like that survive then?
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Hinduism is actually accepting of homosexuality. Indian society, on the other hand, not so much.
I don't know if it's because of foreigners who ruled India for a while (Muslims and then British) or just humans naturally discriminating against a minority. I'm going with the former. I know that India was sexually open once upon a time and the British banned a lot of things like public kissing and the effect is still there on Indian society.
That's interesting to hear.
In terms of the movie, how far did they go with the homosexual scenes? I mean, have there been nudity in any bollywood films? If so, I'm guessing that it's ok if any nudity that's actually shown on screen is #1 tasteful (take that what you will) and #2 heterosexual.
I've never seen the movie so I don't know if there are any nude scenes or graphic content of the women together. I just though in a society that is at least half that are strongly against homosexuality, that anything that graphic would be banned completely.
No kissing, some skin show, foreplay and sex covered by bed sheets.
If you ever visit india make sure to visit Khajuraho. You will see the most beautiful illustrations of graphic lesbian sex carved in the walls of the temples there.
India was a very open society once upon a time, sex and sexual experimentations were considered normal and healthy, the walls of Khajuraho even depict beastality and some supernatural forms of sexual intercourse.
With urbanisation, I think a lot has changed.
Maybe because of the various invasions of India by Moghuls, Afghans Mongols, Portugese and British, The women were raped and treated inhumanly. Thats when sex took a bad name probably and so we changed from an open sex society to a closed door sexually inhibited society.
Just my hypothesis.