A country known for its beautiful people also has one of the highest rates of bisexual behaviour, a survey shows. More than a third of young Swedish women, 39 per cent, and eight per cent of young Swedish men said they had sexual fantasies about both genders, said experts at Malmo University. [..]
In 1532, a 57 year old Michelangelo met and fell in love with a young nobleman to whom he was to dedicate his greatest drawings. Tommaso de’Cavalieri was about 40 years the artists junior and although Michelangelo spoke of it as a chaste love, he wrote passionate sonnets and effusive letters to his young lover that were infused with erotic desire. Cavalieri wrote tender letters in return and the two remained close for 32 years, until Michelangelo’s death, with Cavalieri at his side.
