There have been quite a few news stories like this going back a number of years. Obviously the main point of these studies is to fund sex tourism on the part of the principal investigator. Even aside from the particular topic of the research, it’s not clear why The National Instututes of Mental Health thinks it is a reasonable use of taxpayer dollars to be studying the mental health of people in foreign countries.
Studying men in Peru..this makes no sense to spend US taxpayer dollars on foreign studies. And whoever selects to approve these Grants needs to be transferred to the mail room.