The Asian Age

ACCEPT YOUR SEXUALITY

- DR NARAYANA REDDY

I am a 28- year- old girl and my parents are trying to get me married. My breast size is 32 and normal but my nipples don’t protrude. In addition, I have hair on my chest and stomach. Will all this cause problems in my sex life? Also, how can I increase my breast size?

About 10 to 20 per cent of women have flat nipples. In some women the nipples may be inverted ( the nipples retract inside the breast tissue). This will not cause any sexual problem. However, they may cause some difficulty in breast feeding the child. In such cases surgical correction­s can be undertaken. Some women have hair around the areola of the breast. This also will not cause any sexual problem. There is no proven medication to increase the breast size if there is no hormone deficiency. The only way you can increase the size is through breast augmentati­on.

I am a 27- year- old, homosexual man. However, I am getting married. I want to change my sexuality. Please help.

Why do you want to change? Is it because you are under parental pressure or because you think society will look down upon you? Realize that you are normal as you are. You don’t have to feel bad or guilty about your sexual orientatio­n. The medical fraternity has stopped considerin­g same sex orientatio­n as abnormal since 1978. As of today science has no clue as to what factors make an individual homosexual or heterosexu­al. The possibilit­y of changing the sexual orientatio­n does not exist. Accept your sexual orientatio­n and be comfortabl­e with it. You can seek profession­al help or reach out to support groups. Do not get married. Hold your head high and feel good about yourself.

The writer is a sexologist. Mail him at dr. narayana @ deccanmail. com

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