FOLLOWING the recent news report that the former health minister had been caught on camera having oral sex, there are now calls for the abolition of the law prohibiting oral sex.

The enforcement of this law is difficult if not impossible and unnecessary. How does the law prevent consenting adults from having oral sex in the privacy of their own home?

Why should the law dictate what consenting adults do in private as long as they do not disturb other people or violate public decency like having sex in public, or having sex with a donkey?

Sex counsellors and psychiatrists dealing with sexual problems view oral sex as a normal or even as a desirable sexual activity amongst their patients. Are they breaking the law with this clinical practice and approach?

We are now in the 21st century. Laws are important but laws must be practical. If we have laws that become a laughing matter, then a re-look at the law is necessary. Incidentally, the law makers should visit the temple of Khajuraho in India with its erotic carvings. Then perhaps they can have a better perspective into matters pertaining to the art of sex.

Fair Play Doctor
Kuala Lumpur

Source: The Sun – January 9, 2008