"VIRGIN VIEWS"

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by VIRGINIA

THE "SEX CHANGE" OPERATION

In #14 I promised to discuss "the" operation in this issue. Before going into the mechanics of it, however, I feel that some other aspects should be discussed.

Wishful thinking is a very common failing among our group. This is not surprising since it is natural for anyone who wants something very strongly and cannot have it to compensate for the frustrations by dreams, imaginings and impractical schemes. Yearn- ing as we all do to adequately express our femininity and to be able to do so without the constant nag of fear and guilt, we tend to lose our perspective and view the life of a woman out of all proportion to what it really is. It begins to appear to us as all a bed of roses, satin and perfume. By comparison, all the aspects of our current masculine life pale into insignificance and its ad- vantages are completely forgotten. "If we could only wear our dresses freely, without hindrance then all would be right with the world, everything would be wonderful and we would have no more prob- lems, this would be IT"!

So we start to plan how this could be accomplished. "Well, I could do this....no, that wouldn't work", or "I could go somewhere else and do that....no, that wouldn't work either. Let's see now! If only I could get rid of my male organs then nobody could object to my wearing dresses! Yes, that's it, I'll find a doctor to do it and then, glory be, I'll wear beautiful lingerie, pretty dresses and high heels the rest of my life. Won't that be wonderful?"

So begins the quest, and everytime we hear of someone who fol- lowed Christine's example our hearts beat a little faster...maybe it could happen to us. "And look at Coccinelle, isn't she pretty and feminine, and she just got married and all........ WHOA, now boy, Just what IS in your mind? Is it that you envy Coccinelle her clothes, her beauty and her freedom to be feminine, or is it some- thing more? That is a good question to ask and it ought to have some deep personal exploration done on it. Maybe there is more there than you think, and if there is you had better get it out and examine it, because the operation is not the solution to latent homosexuality any more than it is of transvestism. Homosexual men may sometimes like to see their sweethearts" in skirts, but they want them to be men underneath or else they do not "qualify" for