Is India's view of sexual content as taboo causing bigger problems?

This is interesting, I really don't know a whole lot about Indian culture or society, but I understand that in many cultures public displays of sexuality are extremely taboo and that American society is particularly open in regards to sex and sexual activity. I agree that sexual repression can have harmful effects on an individual, and I can only imagine what the consequences would be for an entire society that represses their sexuality. Maybe the sexual repression is directly related to India's booming population. It's sort of like society's self-constructed control factor.

I remember hearing about this story and I just thought before going to a different country you should understand the culture, and I had never thought about the effect that sexual repression can have. I've seen stories about the child sex trade and it is horrible. I can see how sexual repression can lead to an explosion in a negative direction. I know this is nothing like that, but it's like watching the kid from your high-school who has never had a drop of alcohol get dropped into college and have their first drink and after that they seem to explode into an alcoholic. I'm not sure what can be in India to curb this problem, but it does sound like an issue that should be addressed.

Culture is extremely important in every society. Look at America's rating system (the MPAA). This not only looks at language and what you see, but it gives ratings based on theme as well. I don't see a difference between America's MPAA or FCC and the cultural reaction in India. Remember the Super Bowl Half Time Show with the famous nipple? The country went insane and demanded the FCC do their jobs. It is no different than what is happening in India. The fact is Gere should have learned something about the culture before going to India before he started making out in public. For shame.

India is the second largest populated country in the world, so someone's having sex.

Hahaha, that's a terrific line.

I think you're onto something when you mention the 'right wing'. Indian youth aren't fazed by expressions of sexuality within their culture. That can be attributed to the increasing westernisation of India and greater adoption of western liberal values, though the older generations are no doubt disgusted by much of what goes on. With regards to the right wing though, we're talking about the BJP and their concept of 'hinduness', you can take a very conservative bent on Hinduism, Islam as well as other religions and it's that sort of thing that enforces hostility to sexuality.