The protagonist is an untrustworthy narrator in general, and he is casually misogynist and homophobic throughout. When the government or people of higher castes subjugate and oppress those below them in the hierarchy, he refers to that as rape or generally in sexual terms. He voices the belief that having sex with a virgin, particularly someone who is 17 or 18, cures men of sexually transmitted infections, but he doesn't explicitly admit to having tried this himself. Multiple characters throughout insult one another with the term "sister fucker."