Marriages breaking up due to impotency
By: Charul Shah Date: 2009-02-02 <http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/feb/020209-Marriages-breaking-up-Divorces- Impotency-Mumbai-news.htm#discussion> discuss news article print news article email news article <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php> share news article Mumbai: Roshni Patel (25), a doctor, was married for six months, but her husband Sameer could not satisfy her physical needs. She convinced him to get medically examined for impotency, but when even that did not work, she decided to end the marriage. To make matters worse, Sameer fled the country. "Finally, their relatives settled the matter and the duo filed for divorce by mutual consent in June 2008," said Swati Gala, who was the advocate for Roshni. Experts associated with family courts believe that divorce cases on the grounds of impotency are on a rise due to lack of medical awareness. "People who genuinely suffer from impotency settle the issue out of court," said Advocate Nelopher Akhter, president of Bar Association of Family Court. In another case, Nalini Verma too left her husband's home because he was not able to perform sex. Ashok denied being impotent and said he was not able to have sex, as Nalini had body odour which irritated him. "It was not the case of impotency, it was relative impotency. But due to ignorance, they ended up breaking their marriage," said Gala, advocate for both the parties. (Names have been changed to protect identities) Email: <mailto:modera...@gaybombay.in> modera...@gaybombay.in Web Sites: <http://www.gaybombay.in> www.gaybombay.in <http://www.gaybombay.info> www.gaybombay.info <http://www.gayindia.org> www.gayindia.org E Groups: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ <http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay> http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay
