Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

Women bank on parents’ choice

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MWomen ore (44.1%)to be (68.4%) women chosen want are (46%)by their also their life morethan parents. partnerkee­nmen to have than religiousm­en (66.4%). rituals at their weddings Interestin­gly, more women (14.9%) seem to think there is nothing wrong in watching pornograph­y than men

(13.9%). They are at 14.5%, however, not as eager to use sex toys as against 16.1% men.

Most women (73.5%) are against premarital sex as against 70.6% men. Sixty three per cent are, however, likely to be less judgmental than 58.1% men when they see a boy and girl together at a restaurant and see them as “just friends”.

As for children, even though 69% Indian youth disagree that a couple shouldmen (31%) have thanat least women one (30%)male child,want boys. more Then there’s religious bias, with 53% women saying they do not have good friends belonging to other communitie­s as compared to 50.5% men. Men at 37.3% are, however, more open to inter-caste marriage than 36.5% womenidea kitchen. Aboutof . men 60.9% assistingw­omen also them don’t likein the the Women with also only appear 21.6%to be saying more they conservati­ve don’t mind being in a live-in relationsh­ip as compared to 24.5% men. Even when it comes to affairs of the heart, 73.5% women, as against 70.6% men, disapprove of premarital sex even if the couples in question profess to be in love. Women are also, at 56.1%, less likely than 58.1% men to have good friends from the opposite sex . Both men and women seem to be on the same page, however, when it comes to drinking age, with more than 78% of the opinion that should be the same as the voting age.

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