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THE SEX CRIME PROBLEM

(Continued from page 23) repetitive behavior, and nuisances. Laws can be drawn to deal specifically with such cases. On the other hand, society disapproves of, but is not harmed by, homosexuality prac. ticed by two willing adults in privacy Nor is society harmed when adults engage in certain other acts in privacy But society is hurt when an adult homosexual preys on a child, since the child may develop -the inferior pattern of the homosexual who is almost never happy Dr Bowman recommends that any adult who molests a child-whether he's homosexual or heterosexual-should be separated from society But he questions the value of jailing adults who engage in abnormal behav. ior willingly without becoming public nuisances.

Dr. Kinsey was recently quoted

as saying that 95 percent of all persons brought to court for sex offenses had only departed from custom, but had not hurt society The vast number of such arrests com. plicates the entire sex crime picture Laws which are designed to prolect society from harmful acts have to be watered and broadened to include all sex offenses. Loopholes develop and a dangerous individua! may get off with a light sentence, or a harmless one may be imprisoned unwisely And police cannot con. centrate on the vicious, anti-social offenders.

In conclusion. Dr Bowman said that society needs to revise its attitude toward the entire sex crime problem. There is no easy solution But through exhaustive studies, con'ducted in the cool, unemotional atmosphere of scietific research, rea! progress will be achieved.

culture and the INTROVERT

an Answer to Mr Crowther

In February 1956 the Matta chide Review carried an article "Culture and the Introvert" by R. H. Crowther. In the article which follows. Curtis Ray raises some challenging objec tions to certain claims made by the author. A previous article by Mr. Crowther. “Culture and Sexuality. appeared in the Sept-Oct. 1955 issue of the Review.

Although I agree with Mr Crow-

ther that homosexually-inclined persons should take an active part in their community life, I do not think that any statement or assumption made the article in upper c "how" or "why" of this thesis will stand up under analysis.

The article proceeds on the ɑs

sumptions that 1) Introverted persons preseil some of the greatest assets to our culture

2) Introversion and inversion are directly related.

3) Therefore homosexuals equipped to be cultural assets.

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4) The alteratives to cultural creation are biological reproduction, or no kind of creation at all.

This article will be devoted to an analysis of Mr Crowther's use of "inversion", "introversion" and "culture "

Although there is not one mention of the word "extroversion", it must be assumed that the article is about this group as well as introverts, since the concepts were ori29