The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday said that adolescent girls should control their sexual urges and that adolescent boys should respect young girls.
“Adolescent girls must control their sexual urges instead of giving in to two minutes of pleasure. Adolescent boys must respect young girls and women and their dignity,” the court said.
The court’s remarks came while acquitting a young man who had been convicted of raping a minor girl with whom he was romantically involved.
“The principal androgenic steroid is testosterone, which is secreted primarily from the testes in men and ovaries in women and in small amounts from the adrenal glands, both in men and women. Hypothalamus and pituitary gland control the amount of testosterone, which is primarily responsible for sex urge and libido (in men),” the court further said.
“Its existence is there in the body, so when the respective gland becomes active by stimulation, a sexual urge is aroused. But activation of the respective responsible gland is not automatic,” it added.
“It is the duty/obligation of every female adolescent to:
- Protect her right to integrity of her body.
- Protect her dignity and self-worth.
- Thrive for overall development of her self transcending gender barriers.
- Control sexual urge/urges as in the eyes of the society she is the looser when she gives in to enjoy the sexual pleasure of hardly two minutes.
- Protect her right to autonomy of her body and her privacy,” the order reads.
