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...medical concern. Bisexual men who practice unsafe sex with male and female partners may help speed the spread of HIV through the heterosexual community. "Up until the time of AIDS, the term bisexual was hardly even used," says anthropologist Carmen Dora Guimaraes of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, "but with the spread of AIDS, we are now trying to flush out this enigmatic character...
Culture is undoubtedly important as well. "It's a lot like eating," says Richard Parker, professor of medical anthropology and human sexuality at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. "We all have an urge to feed ourselves. But whether we like Thai food or American meat and potatoes depends on where our tastes and appetites develop. Some cultures develop a taste for spicy food, and it is largely the same for sexuality...
Brundtland came to Commencement straight from the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and she used her speech to discuss some topics under consideration there...
PERHAPS GEORGE BUSH SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETter than to think a brief stop in Panama on his way to an uncomfortable appearance at the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro would remind Americans of the foreign policy successes that have otherwise marked his Administration. Panama City is notoriously prone to ugly street demonstrations, and on the eve of Bush's hastily arranged visit, an American G.I. was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting...
...questions are more than idle speculation. This week at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders will be adding their signatures to a treaty to prevent climate change, a document that was significantly weakened during presummit negotiations, in part because of U.S. contentions that the threat of global warming has been overblown. But the Bush Administration's skepticism must contend with the direct experience of millions of citizens who are worried that when the weather gets as odd as it has been of late, something must be wrong...