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Indian couples now save at Sperm Banks

By: Karthik :+: Under: Culture, Desi Ishtyle, Health, It Happens Only in India
On: ⋅ August 24, 2007 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment
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Daily News and Analysis has an interesting story about Indian Techie couples, who for the lack of time and inclination to get it on in the bedroom are now looking at artificial insemination.

20% of the couples, where both work in the IT industry seem to be the target clients here.

At least two out of every 10 ‘double-income-no-sex’ or DINS couples working in the IT industry are resorting to this Assisted Reproductive Technique (ART) because they have no time for sex or because the wife or the husband is away on official assignment, says Dr Kamini Rao, medical director of BACC. The number is steadily rising, she adds.

The story also goes on to add that stressful work schedules and spending too much time in front of the computer results in impotency. I would like some real scientific proof for a statement like that, before I stop blogging.

Rough estimates show that the trend has risen to about a 1000% in the last three years.

The number of patients visiting the Institute of Sexual Medicine in Bangalore has gone up by 10 times in three years. “About 30 patients visited my clinic in a week three years ago but now the number is 300,” says its director, Dr Padmini Prasad.

A 2004 study conducted shows that 25% of about 2000 people interviewed reported sexual disfunction in one form or the other.

A study conducted by BACC in 2004 on the sexual proclivities of 1,920 techie couples in Bangalore found that one out of four couples reported sexual dysfunction. “The couples didn’t have any medical problem. The culprit was hectic life that resulted in reduced libido,” says Dr Rao. “The situation is no better today.”

“Erectile dysfunction is more common than common cold in India.”

I for one would consider a sperm bank, more as an insurance rather than a primary option. Besides, I think the physical interaction goes a long way in helping one’s relationship, physically and emotionally. If you can’t find the time to get it on, how are you going find time to actually raise a child?

Is this another classic case of science going wrong in India? What do you think?

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