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[Sense & Sensuality]

RenKiss a blogger from United States, writes  in her blog Feminism across cultures: India:  "Another blog titled Sense & Sensuality is another interesting blog from Indian feminist Sarojini Sahoo.  She is most known for writing about women's sexuality, Dr. Sahoo believes that in order to understand Eastern feminism, one must understand women's sexuality (I'm assuming in that part of the world).  She is also a well known novelist. You can read an interview with her, here."

 

 

JEeT Oberoi  an Indian blogger quotes in her blog profile: "....the reciprocal nature of living and writing. I believe that living gives you material for writing while writing helps you to interpret your existence in a meaningful way. I live, I write, I grow." - (quoted words of a prolific Oriya writer Dr.Sarojini Sahoo )

 

 Yaseen, a Pakistani blogger writes in her blog Concepts About Female Sexuality in East : "...couple of days ago while surfing on net came across the writings n conception of SAROJINI SAHOO... her each & every word gave solid forms to my vague thoughts n concerns about the issue.she has a blog " Sense & Sensuality " where one can read quite rebellious stories n thoughts though i can never approve of free-sexual relations or extra-marital affairs......"

 

Pragya Bhagat, an Indian blogger writes in her blog To Be or Not To Be a Feminist: A woman born a decade later in Orissa was also a tomboy as a child. Her mother felt humiliated when she was born³ as the family was expecting a son. As a result, she was made to dress in boys’ clothes and cut her hair short. When she started menstruating, her mother confined her to a dark room for seven days⁴ so she wouldn’t interact with the males of the family. She eventually received a Masters as well as a PhD in literature, and published extensively on the female body, believing in sexuality as a form of liberation. Her name is Sarojini Sahoo. Mrs. Sahoo is married and is an avid blogger, openly discussing traditionally stigmatized topics such as the fear of rape, sexual fantasies, and the restrictions that come with menstruation and menopause.

 

About.com's Women's Issues Blog  writes: Feminism in India struggles against a patriarchal society in which women face oppressive gender restrictions. Writer, feminist and educator Sarojini Sahoo shares her thoughts in a conversationcovering female sexuality, arranged marriages, dowries, bride burning, and her own attempt to portray women's emotional and intellectual lives

 

The Deliverance, an Indian blogger write in her blog 'Women Empowerment' : 'I have read the blog of Dr.Sarojini Sahoo on feminism and i have cammented, that; "I think that 'Women is born mother' and that's why in childhood she wants to play with doll rather than cars and all that... so u r right that men and women are biologically different from each other.You have discussed very nicely each and all the things.

Still there are some rural areas where women are treated like anything.You have mentioned that "i m nt against the patriarchal society......" yes i m agree with u, i m also nt against with that kind of system bt it doesnt mean that we have no equal rights...there should be equality.Nature has already given the suprimacy to women in each n every spiceis,females r powerfull than males.
yes men and women r different biologically but society and culture also plays a vital role to mould their personalities.'  

 

 

Sonia Pressman Fuentes is an American feminist (although she was born in Berlin, Germany, of Polish parents) and a founder of the second wave of the women’s movement in the U.S. She opposed Sarojini's  ideas of femininity at Facebook an they  had a wonderful conversation about the subject. We  think our friends and readers  should have access to the ideas of femininity from two different sides of perspectives.Please access these exchanges  from  Sense & Sensuality.