This hypocrisy extends to the post-1991 heterosexual pornographic industry (pornography – as a financial exploitation of men and women – did not exist prior to 1991) – which sees men and women engaging in anal sex. As for Soviet history, photographic evidence abounds – with Slavic men acting stand-offish with other women (even their wives) – but warmly embracing and “kissing” other men (even those they do not know). Biographies and diaries of visitors to the USSR often speak of a sexually open mentally (which allowed for State-sponsored race-mixing – and homosexual liaisons providing it was kept “private” and out of the public domain) – albeit contained within the rhetoric of a moral conservatism. Many commentators point-out that a number of Old Bolsheviks were openly “gay” (there are rumours about Lenin being bisexual) – and this might explain why Lenin did not push for a complete ban on homosexuality.
