Moreover, thousands of transvestite females may choose an occupation (e.g. bus conductresses, gas station attend- ants, station-women, farm or stable workers, etc.) which provide them with an excuse for customarily wearing a male "uniform", without exposing them to any suspicions.

Men on the other hand, do not have similar, socially approved channels of outlet for their transvestite tenen- cies. Though Wilson alleges that "there is a considerable freedom of opportunity to act out certain degrees of trans- vestism, particularly in theatrical and entertainment world" only a negligible number of male transvestites may occasion- ally satisfy their transvestite cravings by impersonating female characters on the stage. Wilson himself quotes only two such instances. One could add, perhaps, one or two more examples but that is all. (((Ed. Note. This man is writing in England, there are certainly a number of cases in America--I could name a dozen myself.)))

Here again, female transvestites have more possibilities of acting out their desire for cross-dressing by imper- sonating young male subjects on the stage. For instance all roles of pages are, as a rul, performed by women. ....Finally it should be remembered that transvestism is a typically male sexual deviation and that the female cross- dresser is etiologically something entirely different.

(Next there is a sextion on TV and Psychoneurosis the only point of interest in it being that sometimes TVs deprived of opportunities to express may react with psycho- neurotic periods. Or conversely, apparently non-TVs who get into a severe psychoneurotic state may break out in transvestic behavior. Then there is a sextion on TV and heredity--the conclusion of which is that there is no connection

The Role of Cultural Factors in Transvestism.

The important part which cultural factors play in the etiology of transvestism may be illustrated by two quota- tions. "Whether transvestism will occur seems to be a ques- tion of cultural recognition of this possibility" (Mead)