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I suppose most of you girls have read Virginia@s and Peg- ie's theories about the nature and cause of TVism. Both of them are extremely stimulating. But, I agree with them only up to a point. I cannot accept Virginia's purely sociological explanation (sorry old girl...wow! that was catty!). Why does she (and Pegie too) blithely brush off all possibilities of a physical-chemical basis for TVism? Let us remember that the en- tire field of psychiatry is being systematically invaded by chemistry.. that a good portion of researchers believe that our mental processes are intimately connected with chemical ac- tions and reactions within our body...that cell behaviour in- dicates a good chance of being responsible for human behaviour Chemistry seems to be at the very foundations of our person- ality (foam rubber for instance).. that many mental disturb- ances are being treated and cured with chemical compounds. No Virginia, no You can't convince me that there isn't a biolog- ical basis for TVism Sociological forces bombard evenly all genetic males I argue that no matter what social and psycho- logical elements play on a boy, he will not be a TV unless he carries within his body the biological seed of TVism

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And another thing Pegie was furious because I said in a letter that if I had a son I d wish that he would be a TV She seems to regret the fact that she is a TV. To me TVism is synonymous with happiness.

I wonder how many of you girls have experienced the fol lowing physiological mystery: The male self is a real coward when it comes to cold weather In my case "he" not only shiv ers when it gets to be freezing weather, but actually gets sick stomach muscles contract, sinuses throb, head aches, perfect misery But let me, Susanna, take over and all of those symptoms disappear as if by magic I don't feel the cold weather although I wear much less clothing than "he" does Two personalities reacting in opposite ways to the same situation!

And here is another observation which tends to support my chemical theory of TVism. We all know that women have been found to possess a much wider range of sensitivity to colors. A woman can actually distinguish many more hues than men can This has been proven in laboratory experiments I find that