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Phi Pi Epsilon had its third discussion group meeting May 4th. Present were 7 members, 3 prospects, 5 wives, 1 fiancee and 2 other women, 18 in all. In these discussion groups we are looking into the problem of femininity in the male in depth. We are fortunate in having a practicing psychologist sit in with us to give us his views on the group's contributions.

This is what sets the Sorority off as something new and vital rather than just a bunch of screwballs that like to wear dresses. These group meetings are the means of establishing respectibility, giving purpose, and eventually some degree of acceptance as people who are looking into our own problems constructively and in a 800- ially acceptable way.

Too many have the idea that the Sorority is just a dress-up or- ganization and as such why should it be necessary. Haven't you all read newspaper reports of police in various cities raiding some home or club and finding a bunch of "guys as dolls"? What prevents our groups being looked upon the same way? Nothing at all....except PHI PI EPSILON...when we get it organized to the point where we have some- thing to point to with some pride.

Many of you also think of transvestism as being limited just to wearing femmattire and it is, as long as you think of yourself as just a cross-dresser. But as you look deeper, experience more, and investigate further it gradually becomes evident that there is more to it than just TVing. That is why the term Femme Personator was coined...to indicate that there was much more to it than that. PHI PI EPSILON is for those who have begun to perceive something beyond the novelty and "thrill" of putting on lingerie and a dress.

Actually we are, in the more developed stages, dealing with a psychological "way out" of a trap that the modern American male is caught in. The trap is the vague awareness that masculinity as it is called for in our culture is not enough to satisfy the whole psy- che or "soul". Femininity is there also and it must come out. It does come out too, in many ways; in alcoholism, homosexuality, trans- sexuality, many psychosomatic complaints, various neuroses and prob- ably some psychoses, as well as in the wearing of dresses and other feminine apparel. Ours is just the most reasonable and straightfor- ward solution to a very complex problem. If we look at the matter from this broader point of view we can 800 our behaviour pattern in

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