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part of his real self regardless of the fact that such ex- pression falls outside of the accepted behaviour of a male.

The next question is why does he have these urges which he tries to express? I believe there are five major motivations; partly conscious, partly subconscious:

(1) The urge to self adornment and the personality expression that goes with it,

(2) The need to acquire virtue and to experience beauty, attractiveness, goodness and acceptibility in one's own eyes and by the criteria commonly used in evaluating these qualities in others,

(3) A love of and feeling for women that impels the male to want to join them and partake of that which he admires and reveres--identification if you will, but not on a sexual level as may be the case with some homosexuals,

(4) An attempt to symbolically and temporarily find relief from the requirement of masculine aggressive- ness in the socially permissible more passive femin- ine role, and

(5) Relief from the pressures of social expectancy and an opportunity to be "free" for the moment from the push and pull of one's ordinary life. Each of these five requires explanation and elaboration. SELF ADORNMENT AND PERSONALITY EXPRESSION: In a great many lower animals the male of the species is the one who grows, horns, manes, fancy feathers, greater size or some other physical attribute that distinguishes the male and sets him apart from the female. These decorative effects are part of the body and the size and quality of the male's secondary sex equipment is a measure of his physical and genetic fitness and desireability as a mate. This is surely one of nature's means of selecting the best stock for mating, for the female is either allowed to or forced to (by elimination) accept the fittest (physically) male as her mate

In primitive human society this is also the case. Adornment of the hair and skin, wearing of necklaces, bracelets, earrings, fancy headresses, and decorative