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...antigay backlash is for the most part a peculiarly American phenomenon. Britain, West Germany and the Scandinavian countries repealed antihomosexual laws years ago, and France and Japan never had any. There has been no discernible change in attitudes since AIDS came to public attention. Homosexuality is illegal throughout the Islamic world and in the Soviet Union and India, but even there, legal punishment is infrequent. It is more common in Latin America, where gays sometimes face extralegal violence as well. An extreme example: self-appointed vigilantes have gunned down 65 suspected homosexuals on the streets of Cali, Colombia...
...England, Belgium, the Scandinavian countries are all relatively safe," she said. "Those countries are really taking precautions. They need the tourist business...
Kelman's serves on the boards of the Committee of Awards and Fellowships of the American Scandinavian Foundation as well as the International Advisory Group of the Swedish Council on Management and Work Life Issues...
...have recently returned from an extended residence in Norway. Scandinavian social and political values, I found, offer a vital alternative to American liberalism. Certainly, in matters of sexuality and sexual equality, Scandinavia seems far ahead...
Living in Norway made me realize how much I am a part of American culture. And how difficult it is to transcend cultural inhibitions. When I went to the beach, I never quite escaped that thrill of the illicit. But with Scandinavian values as a catalyst, I have at least grown critical--and impatient with American sexual repressiveness. Playboy, as the most respectable buttress of pornography, is key among these repressive forces...