Why Conversations About Women’s Desire Still Make Us Uncomfortable

We are surrounded by images of desire in films, advertising and social media. Yet when it comes to real conversations about sex, specially women’s desire, we fall silent. In this podcast, I sat with author Latha at the Kerala Literature Festival to speak about her book The Toilet Seat and the questions we avoid asking about marriage, intimacy, suppression, and the cost of silence. This is not a conversation about provocation or morality. It is about honesty. And about what we lose, individually and collectively, when we refuse to talk.
Published on
13
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02
/
2026

Why Conversations About Women’s Desire Still Make Us Uncomfortable

We are surrounded by images of desire in films, advertising and social media. Yet when it comes to real conversations about sex, specially women’s desire, we fall silent. In this podcast, I sat with author Latha at the Kerala Literature Festival to speak about her book The Toilet Seat and the questions we avoid asking about marriage, intimacy, suppression, and the cost of silence. This is not a conversation about provocation or morality. It is about honesty. And about what we lose, individually and collectively, when we refuse to talk.
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13
/
02
/
2026

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