From New York--"SUSANNA SAYS"

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I have found that there are an awful lot of TV's who go in for bondage. From what I've seen and read it seems that a good 3/4 of us show some interest in this form of erotica. Personally I had never given much thought to this "hobby" until one of my TV friends talked me into trying it. I did and I was very much surprised at the pleasant feeling I experienced. Per- haps it has to do with the image of helplessness which we usually identify with things feminine. It would be interesting to study the relationship between Eonism and bondage. (((Ed. note: (((Ed. note: Wonder if it isnt rather a special case of the authoritarian displacement of responsibility as was discussed in the Virgin Views column of No. 2. Being bound one is helpless and therefore not responible for the fact that he is wear- ing feminine things. The fact that he gets dressed voluntarily before being trussed up doesnt make any difference to this theory because the whole routine doesnt start till the binding begins In effect the recognition of the Eonistic aspect of the experience is deferred until the setting is complete and then the subject is helpless and therefore not responsible.

A TV friend from Wisc. takes me to task in no un- certain terms for having uttered a plea for tolerance towars the gay people. She says those people are in- sane, dangerous and will not stop at blackmail and murder to achieve their nefarious purposes. Says that if she knew there would be one single gay person at the Chevalier d'Eon resort she would not even get near the place. I was sorry to disappoint her since I happen to have several non-TV friends who are gay. One of them is a physician, another a professor. Both cultured, intell igent and kind, and above all very sympathetic towards TVs. I wonder when people will start judging others as individuals!!!

(((Ed. Note: May I join Susanna