December 27, 2011

Sex surveys and reality

There have been multiple suverys on this topic my major magazines.

Surveys on sexuality of the population are a perfect example of what Justice Markandey Kadju calls the misplaced priorities of the media. Popular magazines are competing on making these surveys racier. Are there no other real issues to cover than the libidos and eccentricities of a minority of urban India? This is what sociologist Jean Baudrillard called simulacra which is a creation of hyper-reality by proliferation of images and ideas which does not have a referent reality. Media is meticulously proving the critics of capitalism right.

Sent to outlook

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