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QUESTIONNAIRE

Periodic surveys of our readers help us determine their desires. This information is also made available to our

"competitors". While all of us feel it is as much our mission to lead opinion as to follow it, we also want to have the valuable thinking of our many readers, certain of whom are considerably more qualified than we are in determining which work is suitable for a physique magazine.

First tell us a few things about yourself. (However, omit your name if you wish to as we want all your answers to be completely honest and candid. Use any handy piece of poper to list your answers.

PERSONAL SURVEY

1. Your age. 2: Your Ht. 3: Your wt:

4. Your birthplace. 5. Where do you live now?

6. Your occupation. 7: Schooling completed:

8. How much money did you spend last year (or last

12 months) or physique magazines and photos?

9. Do you have a motion picture projector? Size? 10. Do you have a hand movie viewer? 11. Which physique movies have you seen and what do you think about them. 12. Do you own a color slide projector? 13. Do you ever organize entertainments with slide or movie projection as a central theme? 14. What are some of your interests and hobbies?

OPINION SURVEY

15. How long have you been reading physique books?

16. Which books have you enjoyed most?

17. Which model (or models) do you consider most nearly approximate an ideal physique?

18. What are the general age limits for models?

19. At what age do you consider most models to be at their peak of perfection?

20. Do you like to see a variety of body types portrayed, or should we restrict presentation to just certain types? Which?

21. Is a model acceptable to you who has an extraordinary face, but a very slender body lacking full development? 22. Should men with extraordinary physiques be shown ev en if they are "homely as

sin"?

23. Should models shave before posing.

24. List in order of importance (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) which of the following pictures we should show in physique magazines: Classic statuary, Formal muscle poses, natural sports activity, dance, relaxation, casual, other? 25. Which percentage of each should we show: Front Back view

view

25. List which backgrounds you like best (1,2,3,4, etc) Pure white, graduated white (white at bottom foding to dark or gray at top of photo), pure black, patterned, plain draperies, textured wall, geometric design, home type (including bathrooms, kitchen, sleeping room etc), outdoor, other:

27. Which lighting do you like best: Extremely high key (eveverything very light with no shadows. Extremely lowkey (with maximum shadows and darkness). Combination where some shadows but all important details are kept in light.

28. Do you feel props add to the interest of a photo? 29. Do you like story series, where a simple theme is portrayed in a series of photos?

30. Should we occasionally include fellows dressed in Levis, Military uniforms

and other garments often associated with intensely masculine type of men?

31. Should we do more pictures with fellows working on motorcycles, cars, hotrodders etc?

32. Do you like the drawings in Physique Pictorial as well, abetter than, or not as much as the photos?

33. Do tatoo's ruin a model?

34. What should be done to improve Physique Pictorial and many of the other physique magazines. (Please dont list things like color cover, larger size etc. which would be prohibitively expensive.

PLEASE MAIL TO PHYSIQUE PICTORIAL (address in front)

FALSE MORALS. We

were shocked recently when the tone of a letter we received led us to believe the writer felt we at Physique Pictorial were amoral--possibly against all of the established standards of decency. But this is not true at all. Rather we are against hypocricy and FALSE morals. Morals to us means respect and consideration of ones fellow man--to apply the Golden Rule in its truest sense: that is to do unto others as they would WANT you to do unto them. We do indeed agree that our country is decadent in morals--perhaps no worse than most other countries, but we are deeply ashamed when politicians take it for granted that they may betray their positions of trust for private gain. Morals to us means to respect the rights of others, not forcing them to agree with us and not applying sanctions against them because they will not pray our way, or dress our way, or vote our way. Censorship committees such as NODL represent immorality in its most shameful form.

It is ludicrous to sit in at a hearing conducted by a group of publicity seeking politicians who "tsk, tsk" at some calendar art, later take the same material to show it at private parties. It was disgusting to hear a vice squadder at the Kevauver hearings recount the tons of "pornography" confiscated by him in Los Angeles, only to hear one of the accused! witnesses testify that she was forced out of business because of competition in her sales by certain members of the police department.

If suddenly the "lid were thrown off" and all kinds of pictures were openly available on the newstands, it would be only a short time before the public would tire of the now forbidden fruit. Presentations which most people consider "crude" would find sales falling off after the initial satiation of oppetite had been realized, and inevitably the public would demand quality magazines with well thought-out ort quality behind them. As it is they now take anything they can get "under the counter" whatever price is demanded. The sooner an enlightened people separate the concepts of nudity and sex from morals and relegate them to their proper status as a purely social factor the sooner people can get down to the real basic problem of becoming moral in the truly important phases of life.

"A TISKET A TASKET----" Our "Big-basket Froud" article in the Vol 8 Number 2 edition of Physique Pictorial apparently stirred up a hornet's nest. A certain New York photographer who definitely had not been mentioned by name sent out a circular to his customers stating that a "certain West Coast publication that conducts its crusodes in fine print" had accused him of fraud. But like Cinderella's slipper this shoe was meant only for the foot it would fit and one can only assume there must have been a guilt complex here. In this case we are somewhat reminded of the line from Shakespeare "Methinks the lady doth protest too much."

Letters to the editor on this article were quite interesting, some rather amusing. The majority agreed that it is a mistake to tempt fate too far. One suggested that the only way to prevent such "frauds" is to legalize nudes--we hope he gets his congressman busy on this immediately! A local photographer berated us for calling attention to something that might otherwise have been ignored. We feel that our friend is like an ostrich who thinks if he buries his head in the sand and thereby cannot see trouble, no one else will see it either. SAMPLES OF READER'S LETTERS ON ABOVE:

"I have one word and description for you: 'HYPOCRITES!" L. F. Burbank Calif.

....."Unfortunately many of your readers lack the intelligence to appreciate your tongue-in-cheek humour. Your comparison of males employing the female trick of wearing falsies was indeed food for thought. One seems as ridiculous as the other." D. V. Rochester, NY ....."Of course you realize that such articles only pique curiosity and increase your competitor's sales...." L. S. Akron, O. ....."I am grateful that you have informed me of this practice which I never suspected might exist. I deplore artificiality in any form--make-up, greasy bodies etc. I will indeed require photographers who service me to restrict themselves to true representations" G.Z.

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