Boris Mikhailovich Paramonov (b. 1937 in Leningrad, left for the West in 1978) is a prominent modern philosopher, publicist, human rights activist of the Russian Abroad, host of one of the most popular Radio Liberty programs - “Russian Questions” , author of four books and many articles. In his collection of essays “Men and Women”, Boris Paramonov, seriously and thoughtfully, without a shadow of cheap sensationalism, analyzes the homosexual overtones of many works of literature and art in Russia and the USSR, talks about inspiration and sublimation, moral and ethical search and creative inspiration that stands above narrowness, hypocrisy and dogmatism.