Sexual longevity is on the wane. While sexual openness is on the rise, the dream of a long sexual life is proving to be just that – a dream

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The recent years have seen a sea change in societal attitudes and sexual norms. The taboos have been left behind and sexual mores are more liberal. To wait for sex till marriage seems to be a thing of the past. Sex is not difficult to get...it is easily available and abundant. Not only men, women also want fulfilment. Condoms and birth control pills have found their way into school bags. The bedroom is a laboratory for experimentation. And this is not just limited to the metros. The heat is being turned on in small towns and villages, traditionally considered the bastions of morality. The society seems to be embracing this change.

This, however is just one side of the picture. The other side is quite the opposite. Sexual longevity is on the wane. While sexual openness is on the rise, the dream of a long sexual life is proving to be just that – a dream. Earlier the ardour would start waning at 40, now the drop starts at the age of 30. Earlier the sexual prowess of men at the age of 60 would also be a given, work stress and a hectic life mean more and more men are putting sex on the back burner. Matters become worse when both partners have jobs.


Daily life caught in the rut of shifts, the pressures of performance appraisals, mental stresses caused by financial insecurities, shrinking social spaces and inequalities in close relationships are taking their toll in the bedroom. Take the case of Amit and Gauri. They are media professionals married for two years. Amit has been on the morning shift in his news channel for the last three months. Gauri gets free from her newspaper shift around 1.00 am. By the time she gets home, Amit is in deep sleep. When Amit leaves, Gauri is catching up on sleep. “If we ever make love it is hurried and awkward. It seems I will have to take leave from work to enjoy sex,” rues Gauri.

Suresh Majumdar, former clinical psychologist of the Ahmedabad based DM Institute of Mental Health says, “Hectic schedules are the death knell of life. Mobiles and computers have changed lives completely. While they have made our life easy, they have also increased the pressures. People work for 17-18 hours and often carry work home. People get up and get right to work. They have no time for themselves and are tired both mentally and physically. Tolerance levels are falling, people are easily irritable. All this impacts one’s sex life. Often people seek help in alcohol but this only compounds the problem,” he says.

Sexual initiation starts at a younger age. The easy availability of porn means children are sexually hyper active. This early start also means a premature death to one’s sexual life. Dr Amresh Kumar Singh of the Devraj Ars Medical College, Kolar, says, “If you are not suffering from any sexual abnormality, there is no age limit to which you can enjoy sex although individuals differ in their limits and abilities. When sexual initiation happens at a young age, sexual desires begin to wane early. Priorities also change with age.”

A healthy sexual life demands a fit body and a peaceful mind. Dr KK Agarwal of the Heart Care Foundation, New Delhi, lays the blame for waning sexual desire on lifestyle related diseases. “A careless attitude towards oneself can have disastrous consequences. A love for the easy life is making the road ahead difficult. Increasingly diabetes and heart diseases are taking hold of younger people. All this affects one’s sexual life.”

After a long career in a nationalised bank, Srawan Verma opted for voluntary retirement and now lives at Noida where he helps his son in his business. “The period between the ages of 30 and 40 is marked by an inability to accept the days of one’s youth are a thing of the past. The body refuses to comply with the mind. The tuning goes off key and sexual life bears the brunt of this.”


Rajkishore Prasad, an HR professional in an MNC, disagrees. “The body listens to the mind when it comes to sex. If your personality is colourful you will enjoy sex all your life. Mental preparation is a must to enjoy sex. But what happens is that sex just becomes a chore. The pleasure is thrown out of the equation.”

GK Thakur, a 43-year-old academician living in Greater Noida reasons, “The problem lies with those who consider sex a mechanical process whereas it is the emotional content which ranks higher. Emotions and feelings cannot be overlooked. These are like foreplay to the
actual act, much like appetisers before the actual meal. Not only do they pique the hunger, they make its fulfilment more satisfying. Every below par performance in the bedroom punches a hole in the male ego. This can eat away into one’s sex life.”

Is there a way out? Vishal Chabbra, consultant psychiatrist at the Vimhans Hospital says, “One needs to be physically and mentally fit to enjoy sex. Try to find time for yourself in the daily business of living. Keep your weekends for yourself and enjoy them fully. This will keep you energised and fresh. Find time for your hobbies. Social interactions and activities are extremely important. As far as preparing yourself for sex is concerned, change the atmosphere in the bedroom. Use fragrances of your choice. Try new positions and techniques. Be experimental. This will bring change. Sexual desire is like a perpetual flame. It doesn’t die out though it may decrease in intensity.” To keep the flame burning is a key ingredient of a happy and fulfilling life.

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As many as 60% of the respondents of an online sex survey have had multiple sex partners. Maybe, the times are changing

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You don't need to smuggle in that dog eared, muchthumbed soft -porn magazine any more. If you want some good ol' titillation, there are a myriad other avenues to choose from. But move over second-hand fun. Now you can get the real-life experience with just about no fuss... Ask for sex. Or about it. That's what The Sunday Indian Online did: Quiz people about their sex lives. The survey, by www.thesundayindian.com, was simpler, and had less inquisitive questions compared to the one for the main story. The answers were candid too, with the respondents coming from all walks of sex life. There were homosexuals, heterosexuals, bisexuals, and a good 26 per cent who were 'undecided about their orientation'. There were only a handful of female respondents. But the few of them who did field questions, went for it full throttle.

So let's start with tracking how the mind is wired when the body is at play. It might be unfair to judge the loyalty quotient of the respondents from the survey, but evidently more than 61 per cent of them fantasise about actors, friends, colleagues and porn stars when they are in bed with a partner. The gender break up on this is intriguing too. None of the females (in the survey) fancy their husbands/boyfriends when they have sex. So who is the hero of their prurient dramain- the-head? Predictably, for a majority of them, it is a movie star. Then there is another lot of women who imagine they are making out with their probably-more-attainable colleagues while in bed with their husband/boyfriend. Men too take off on flights of fancy. More than actresses and colleagues, when it comes to intimate communion, porn stars rule the imagination of 20 per cent of the males surveyed. A minuscule percentage have lascivious thoughts about their house maids too. But it's refreshing to note that a majority of them would rather stick to fantasising about their wife/girlfriend, when it comes to matters concerning the birds and the bees. Variety rules, though. Settling for the usual doesn't seem to be the norm, as more than 60 per cent of the respondents have had multiple sex partners. Of them, there are 20 per cent who claim to have had more than five partners, and 41 per cent who could count it on their fingers. But, like most things in life, quantity and quality oft en don't go hand in hand. So, though 60 per cent of them claim to be completely satisfied with their partners, 53 per cent of the very same respondents contradicted themselves when they admitted that action between the sheets could be better still.

Of course, everyone enjoys a good time. While in the throes of passion, most of these respondents say they like it sensuous and romantic. At times, wild and adventurous. Normal? No thanks. These amorous encounters take place every single day of the week for a good 21 per cent. For 50 per cent, it is up to four times a week. Another 15 per cent find occasion for it five times a week. And then, eight per cent say they don't manage it even once a week. We wouldn't venture to tell this eight per cent that they tried and failed....perhaps they prefer being celibate, for a while. Reasons for why sex does not happen vary. It could be exhaustion aft er a hard day's work (36 per cent), joint family compulsions (11.4 per cent), or just plain lack of time. Nevertheless, more than a quarter of those surveyed get what they really need, against all odds. There are diff erent avenues for “getting it” too. Sex has grown far more symbolic and vicarious in the last decade. Our survey says 14 per cent of the respondents enjoy sex on the web/phone. We guess hormones can now read digital codes. A whole new chemistry is brewing.

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SEX ISN'T A FOUR-LETTER WORD

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Sex is... what happens between the sheets. But it is just as much what happens betwixt the ears. The mind is the key. But are our minds free and uncluttered enough to either draw sustenance from or feed the pleasures of the flesh, guilty or otherwise?

We live in times in which sexually loaded images and ideas jump out at us day in and day out from our television sets and movie screens. But for the uppity loony fringe peopled by the moral police, we are completely blase about this unstoppable sensory overload.

Sex talk is cheap in India. The entire nation seems to go into paroxysms of collective vicarious delight when Munni's badnaami and Sheela's jawani are put on show in our multiplexes and living rooms, with Bollywood divas and starlets inveigling us with miles of well-toned bare midriff.

We live in a country where even an advert for a mango drink cannot refrain from alluding to the Kamasutra. Sex is all pretty aam in this land of 1.2 billion humans.

The question is: how much of the action that we Indians are supposed to be getting is worth all the reams of newsprint and all the spools of videotape that are frenetically expended on it? We can't tell for sure, no matter what the stress is really on – quantity or quality.

Is a sexually hyperactive and liberated India for real? Or is it only a media-created myth, constructed almost on an industrial scale to peddle a wide range of products and events from lacy lingerie to salacious sex toys, from appeal-enhancing fragrances to libido-boosting pills, from furtive rave parties in urban nether zones to ayurvedic aphrodisiacs and Ecstasy, both the substance and the state of mind.

Sex is all around us – on advertising hoardings, television commercials, adult websites, pornographic rags and film dialogue and songs. If you believe the hype, we are at it all the time. And loving it.

But that is not what the nationwide TSI-CVoter sex survey indicates. As many as 40 per cent of those polled perceive sex as either just a "physical need" or, worse still, a "mechanical chore". What's more, 27 per cent are dissatified with the quality of their sex life while 35 per cent feel that they could do with a booster shot.

The flip side of life in the fast lane, many Indians appear to have realised, is a loss of a healthy, fulfilling sex life. Well over 50 per cent of the people quizzed in this survey admit that they aren't getting enough owing to overwork, urban stress and shrinking leisure time.

So, where really does the truth lie? Read on for the answer.


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Emerging Out Of Cricket's Shadow

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Having performed impressively at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the Asian Games at Guangzhou, Indian sportsmen have perhaps created the perfect platform for other sports to breach the cricket barrier

After India’s recent exploits in New Delhi and Guangzhou, there is collective contentment and belief that Indian sports and more importantly the sportsperson are finally getting the share of attention they deserve. It could be seen as the beginning of a promising sporting era.
India has come a long way since 1900 when Norman Pritchard, a British descendant did his adopted country proud by winning two silver medals in 200m and 200m hurdles respectively and till date remains the only ‘Indian’ to win two Olympic medals.

A century hence, in 2008, Abhinav Bindra made history by becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics. Dare I say, his achievement ignited the spark of confidence other athletes solemnly needed. India won more than a hundred medals at CWG this year, 38 of which were gold, a record haul for India. At the Asian Games ’10, India managed a staggering 64 medals, another record. The overall performance of India at the events resulted in an all-time best of second and sixth spots respectively.

Seemingly impressive, especially owing to the numerous gold medals to boast about, any celebration at this point would be premature. At the Olympics, India, a country 1.2 billion people strong, has only one individual gold medal to show for. Also, India trails China 1204 to 128 in the overall gold medal tally at the Asian Games where the competition is said to be mild.

However, it would be treacherous not to applaud and acknowledge the achievements of our labouring athletes. Shooting for instance has been extremely instrumental in accumulating success. Out of the 38 CWG gold medals, our shooters shot 14. Not to forget, the sole silver medal in the Sydney Olympics was won by
a shooter.

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal deserves plaudits for her hard fought performance to win India the 38th gold after a scintillating performance at CWG. Exactly the stuff heroes are made of and precisely, the example the Indian sporting fraternity needs. The Asian Games too have a remarkable story to tell. The spellbinding display was the performance of the Armyman Bajrang Lal Takhar from Sikar district of Rajasthan who sculled his way to gold. Vijender Singh and the Indian boxing team deserve a special mention, the former in particular, for his resilience and resurgence in clinching gold at the Asian Games after a heart-breaking semifinal loss at the CWG.

Many prominent athletes have voiced their support welcoming the favourable changes in the sports environment. Karnam Malleswari commented “It’s a big honour that Commonwealth Games is being organised in India”. Champion wrestler Sushil Kumar added “our job is to work hard and win medals”, before highlighting the responsibility of the administrative bodies to promote the sports in question.

One particular sport which is steadily generating a strong cult following is football. It has gradually surged into the foray due to the unprecedented fame and support some of the European teams enjoy here in India. Though somewhat tainted for the same, the growing fan base has attracted interest from Arsenal F.C who are planning to open an academy soon, remarking that there is immense potential in India.

To top it all, New Delhi is slated to host the final race
of the upcoming Formula One season in December next year. The event will presumably put India on the sporting calendar, promote Indian sports and provide a much needed break to other as yet anonymous sporting disciplines.

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A splash of the sun and sea…

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The smooth roads along the Western Ghats flushed with flora on both sides and the caressing soft breeze were the first signs that Goa would stand to its reputation, that of being a perfect host. One of the most visited tourist destinations in India, Goa also tops the charts for ‘Best Quality of Life in India.’ A first-time visitor, I was all set to dive headfirst into the experience I’d only heard and read tales about. Right after checking in at the resort, I hopped onto the bike I’d hired for my short jaunt and rode to the beach.

Divided into north and south, the coastline packs in numerous beaches along its 125 kilometer-long coastline. Baga beach in North Goa, which hosted me during my stay, is the most commercial and crowded beach with inviting shacks that serve authentic sea food and a variety of drinks that can be enjoyed while music serenades the lilting wind. Calangute is another famous beach in North Goa which does not have the same bustle as Baga, but is a place where you can bask in the sun and enjoy a beach massage with the rhythmic sound of the sea lulling one into deep slumber. Being there during the peak season has its own advantages. It was easy to haggle with the touts for a reasonable rate for water sports, which is best at Aguada Beach and Fort. From parasailing to jet-ski, one can find all sorts of adventurous water rides. And at Aguada, the waters of the coast seem to jump with joy at the sight of tourists gearing up for the surf. The beaches of North Goa are inviting to those waiting to plunge into the energy pool. However, if you fancy a relaxed atmosphere, beaches of South Goa, namely Agonda, Majorda, Palolem etc, would be the perfect picks.

With a bike to ride on, I spent one sunny afternoon visiting the local markets, the Cabo De Rama and Corjuem forts, and rode past some Indo-Portuguese style constructed mansions around the village areas. Some temples in Goa, for instance, the Shantadurga Temple and Mahalasa Temple also reflect the Portuguese times and can be a delight to an aficionado of art and architecture.

In Goa, beyond dusk is the time to say ‘cheers’ to some soulful music and dance, for the streets of Goa are choc-a-bloc with restaurants, clubs, pubs and karaoke bars that promise to keep the excitement from dwindling after those enthralling and exhausting water rides and hours dodging the cool waves of the Arabian Sea. Somehow, Goa instills an inexplicable groove in its visitors which doesn’t fade away even days after a stint along the sandy beaches, soaking oneself in the gushing waves, savouring Goan food and downing those umpteen swigs of Fenny… this is the place that can actually make you relish the true vibe of staying alive!


Destination Dossier

Steering the Course
It’s easy to travel to Goa from any destination in India. Various flights are available at every few hours from Delhi. Mumbai to Goa is a smooth 11-hour drive; a flight from Mumbai can get you there in 45 minutes.

COSY CORNERS
Nazri Resort at Baga offers a cosy and comfortable stay with rates that suit every pocket. If an opulent accommodation is what you desire, then the Taj Resort or Cidade De Goa are the obvious picks.

THE ‘SEASON’ED TRAVELLER GOES NOW
December is the season to enjoy the true flavour of Goa. If you don’t wish to get cramped for space in the crowds, then visit anytime in November, January or February.

‘SAVOUR’ FAIRE
Prawn curry and rice all the way! Don’t miss out on the various cocktails and mocktails offered at the shacks on the beaches and do indulge in some mouth-watering desserts after a wholesome Goan meal.

GET TO WORK
Some beaches in Goa host theme parties where one can eat, drink and dance all through the night. Rave parties are also a rage; ask people around and you might get a chance to visit one of those. Spend a quiet time visiting the museums around. The new wax museum is popular.

WHAT’S THE WORD
Hindi and English are easily understood, though spoken in typical Konkani (local language) accent and style. And to befriend someone, you could start with ‘Tuggele naav kithe?’

KEEPSAKE COURTESIES
There are shops aplenty dotting the streets of Goa, selling key chains made of shells; neckpieces and bracelets made of beads; colourful scarves etc. to quell one’s shopping cravings as also to pick souvenirs to take back home.

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More women in the Valley are now signing up for martial art classes.

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Haroon Reshi in Kashmir discovers it's not merely to do with competitive sports action.

I’s an uneasy place, the Valley. When they’re not firing bullets, it’s raining stones. In such a scenario, ways of self-preservation are wont to become a prime concern. Of late, contrary to local traditions, a large number of Kashmiri girls are enrolling for martial art classes to master self-defence techniques to be able to guard themselves in hazardous situations.

Sakeena Akhtar, a college student is one of the girls attending daily martial arts classes at a training center in Pampore in the outskirts of Srinagar. The place is run by a state level sporting organisation called Sqay Federation of India (SFI), with the help of Department of Youth Services and Sports. According to office bearers, fifteen thousand female members are registered with the Federation while training is imparted to more than three thousand girls across the valley by SFI.

“For me, the basic reason to get martial arts training is to learn self-protection techniques. We have been living with the fear of violence and the crime rate is also increasing with every passing day. In such circumstances, girls need to be able to defend themselves in the event of a dangerous situation,” said Sakeena, clad in a blue uniform and a scarf. “I have been training for the last few years and have learnt many techniques. Now I feel this is fun; it also makes us feel stronger and confident,” she added.

Not too long back, parents were quite hesitant about permitting their daughters to join such extra-curricular activities, but in the past few years, the mindset of the elders has undergone a change, much thanks to the alarming upward trend of crime in the Valley. In July 2007, Tabinda Gani, a 14-year old girl was gang-raped and killed when she was on her way back from school in the northern town of Hundwara. Merely a month later, an eight-year-old girl Sabrina Fayaz met the same fate at the hands of unknown criminals who abducted her from near her home in Srinagar city. Seventeen-year-old Romana Javed was crushed to death by car-borne eve- teasers in the Barzala area of the city last year. These instances have only steeled the determination of many to enroll for such training. “Increasing number of admissions may be linked with a deep rooted sense of insecurity among the people of the Valley who have been witness to violence for more than two decades now. The police has failed to control the increasing crime rate in the region,” Prof B.A. Dabla, an eminent sociologist of Kashmir told TSI.

These days, Sakeena, along with two other classmates Sumaira and Abida, is preparing to attend the 4th International Martial Art Games at Tallinn, Estonia in February 2011. There are more than fifty girls in the Pampore training centre who have two-hour workouts lined up daily, which includes training with equipments like Tura (a two feet long Faber stick), Bargula (a round shaped ring made of soft leather), and chest and head Guards. To avoid injuries, trainees simulate attack by making light contact with the bodies of their opponents. “Martial art is not just about learning how to kick, strike or punch someone; it helps us to grow mentally and get physically stronger,” says Afreen Khan (15), another learner. “I am thankful to my parents who did not discourage me from joining this sport commonly believed to be meant only for men,” she said.

Several girls like Afreen are all set to demonstrate their skills at the 11th Senior National Sqay championship (Men/Women) next month. Some others girls may even get to join the 56th National School Games at New Delhi in the coming days. “Earlier, parents were reluctant to let their daughters participate in such sporting events, but now there is a visible change and a more enthusiastic response everywhere in the Valley,” says Nazir Ahmad Mir, a Grandmaster. “We have our training centers in almost all districts of the state and it is only in the Valley that we are training more than three thousand girls. The number of boys is higher,” he points out.

The girls are taught various skills and techniques of martial arts like judo, karate, boxing and Sqay. Sqay (Persian for ‘knowledge of war’) is considered an ancient martial art of Kashmir. According to legend, Kashmir’s King Dharyadev trained his fighters in this defensive art form thousands of years ago. Now it is practiced in 20 states in India, and this traditional Kashmiri martial sport has been included in the World Martial Art Games (WMAG) for the first time this year. In the last couple of years, SFI included a new event called ‘Snow Sqay’ in its training curriculum, played in the winters after it snows.

Earlier, it was a common perception that it was against Islamic teachings to let girls join sports like martial art but that has increasingly given way to a new line of thought. In 2003, Mir wrote a book, ‘Martial Art & Islam’, to answer critics who were protesting the martial training of girls on religious grounds. Islamic scholars no longer object much but they do insist on a modest dress code and veto mixing of sexes. “Islam has given the right to self defence to every human being. But attire of the players must be in accordance with Islam, and it is also very important to ensure that there are no males watching. Mixing of sexes is forbidden.” Maulana Bashir-ud-Din, the grand Mufti of Kashmir told TSI. In any case, there must nothing be forbidden about standing up to injustice.

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Economics of economic espionage is not a happy tale

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Economic espionage is a global phenomenon. It is not only costing billions to the modern-day corporations but also is spreading its tentacles across the globe. According to the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), even in 1997, American intellectual property worth more than $300 billion was under threat due to economic espionage. In 2000, the same agency estimated the cost of economic espionage industry to be around $60 billion annually. Experts say this figure has now exponentially increased. Sample this: German counter-intelligence experts announced as recently as in October 2010 that the German economy is losing over €50 billion (equivalent to 30,000 jobs) annually due to espionage.

With the advancement of technology and corporations going online, economic espionage has become easier and. As big corporations today contribute a substantial amount to their economy, a dent in such companies shakes the very foundation of the host economy. For instance, half a decade back, Swedish authorities deported two Russian diplomats as they were found spying at Ericsson – a company responsible for missile-guidance systems for Sweden's fighter jet. Even the US has experienced several cases of economic espionage from countries like Japan, France and Israel. However, China, for that matter, is touted as the biggest player in the economic espionage market. UK’s intelligence service MI5 has warned banks and law firms of attacks from Chinese state organisations and has even written to 300 chief executives and security chiefs in UK about electronic espionage attacks. Companies like Rolls-Royce and Royal Dutch Shell have already been victims.

While MNCs indulge in this practice to know their competitors’ strategic plans in order to gain industry share, nations at large do this to track economic trends, technological progress, defence breakthroughs and progress on international relations. It thus helps them to form policy and gain strategic and political edge.

On July 13, 2010, Ke-xue Huang was arrested for passing secrets belonging to the Hunan Normal University in Changsha, China. Likewise, a year back, Dongfan Greg Chung, a former Rockwell and Boeing engineer, was convicted for economic espionage as he was acting as an agent of China and had passed restricted technology and Boeing trade secrets (information related to the Space Shuttle program and Delta IV rocket) to China. Surprisingly, Christian Science Monitor revealed how Clinton signed the Economic Espionage Act thus authorising intelligence gathering on foreign businesses and also “attached especial importance to economic intelligence, setting up the National Economic Council (NEC) in parallel to the National Security Council.” Thus, NEC was able to seek information regularly from the NSA and the CIA which was then used for American business benefit.

So where’s the solution to all this? While one would recommend a UN convention/resolution to be passed against such espionage, the developed countries would be rather pleased to have no solution as currently, they obviously have an upper hand.

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Gay men go for unprotected sex

Watching porn video is not a crime

A study has found that gay young men, who are in a serious relationship, are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up with casual partners.

The findings by new Northwestern Medicine provide a new direction for prevention efforts in this population who account for nearly 70 per cent of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in adolescents and young adults.

"Being in a serious relationship provides a number of mental and physical health benefits, but it also increases behaviours that put you at risk for HIV transmission," Brian Mustanski, associate professor in medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and lead author of a paper on the research, said.

"Men who believe a relationship is serious mistakenly think they don't need to protect themselves," he stated.

About 80 per cent of gay young men who are HIV positive don't know it, because they aren't being tested frequently enough, he noted.

"It isn't enough to ask your partner his HIV status. Instead, both people in a serious, monogamous couple relationship should go and receive at least two HIV tests before deciding to stop using condoms," Mustanski said.

The new Northwestern research shows HIV prevention programs should be directed toward serious relationships rather than the current focus on individuals who hook up in casual relationships.

The Northwestern study looked at the behaviours of a diverse population of 122 young men (16 to 20 years old when the study began) over two years in Chicago and the suburbs.

The men are a subset of participants in Mustanski's ongoing longitudinal study on the sexual and mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.

The study has been published online in the journal Health Psychology .

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Economic espionage is a global phenomenon. It is not only costing billions to the modern-day corporations but also is spreading its tentacles across the globe. According to the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), even in 1997, American intellectual property worth more than $300 billion was under threat due to economic espionage. In 2000, the same agency estimated the cost of economic espionage industry to be around $60 billion annually. Experts say this figure has now exponentially increased. Sample this: German counter-intelligence experts announced as recently as in October 2010 that the German economy is losing over €50 billion (equivalent to 30,000 jobs) annually due to espionage.

With the advancement of technology and corporations going online, economic espionage has become easier and. As big corporations today contribute a substantial amount to their economy, a dent in such companies shakes the very foundation of the host economy. For instance, half a decade back, Swedish authorities deported two Russian diplomats as they were found spying at Ericsson – a company responsible for missile-guidance systems for Sweden's fighter jet. Even the US has experienced several cases of economic espionage from countries like Japan, France and Israel. However, China, for that matter, is touted as the biggest player in the economic espionage market. UK’s intelligence service MI5 has warned banks and law firms of attacks from Chinese state organisations and has even written to 300 chief executives and security chiefs in UK about electronic espionage attacks. Companies like Rolls-Royce and Royal Dutch Shell have already been victims.

While MNCs indulge in this practice to know their competitors’ strategic plans in order to gain industry share, nations at large do this to track economic trends, technological progress, defence breakthroughs and progress on international relations. It thus helps them to form policy and gain strategic and political edge.

On July 13, 2010, Ke-xue Huang was arrested for passing secrets belonging to the Hunan Normal University in Changsha, China. Likewise, a year back, Dongfan Greg Chung, a former Rockwell and Boeing engineer, was convicted for economic espionage as he was acting as an agent of China and had passed restricted technology and Boeing trade secrets (information related to the Space Shuttle program and Delta IV rocket) to China. Surprisingly, Christian Science Monitor revealed how Clinton signed the Economic Espionage Act thus authorising intelligence gathering on foreign businesses and also “attached especial importance to economic intelligence, setting up the National Economic Council (NEC) in parallel to the National Security Council.” Thus, NEC was able to seek information regularly from the NSA and the CIA which was then used for American business benefit.

So where’s the solution to all this? While one would recommend a UN convention/resolution to be passed against such espionage, the developed countries would be rather pleased to have no solution as currently, they obviously have an upper hand.

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