"SUSANNA SAYS..."

WIVES

Many of you have undoubtedly read Dr. Hugo Beigel's article in a recent issue of SEXOLOGY magazine in which he examines that curious entity called "the TV's wife". Our good friend was able to reach the various conclusions he puts forth in his article after a series of personal talks with wives of TV's he met last year at the resort. I must say that he missed very little and that most of his observations ring true (as far as the nine or ten wives he met are concerned). I do not wish to repeat his state- ment here, since it would be much fairer if you read the article yourselves. Suffice it to say that the overall conclusion reached by Dr. Beigel is that most TV wives would prefer that their husbands were not transvestites. But, since they are, each one has made an effort--with varying degrees of success--to adjust to the inevitable and live with this "peculiarity": of her husband's behav- ior. I hesitate to write about wives because it is almost impossible to state anything that will apply to all of them. In this field where human beings are concerned, any attempt at generalization provokes howles of protest from those to whom the statement does not apply. I've had much criticism thrown at me every time I've tried to classify, no matter how broadly, various "types" of TV's.

So here I go again, fully aware that there'll be some wives who'd like to scratch my eyes out or simply pull my hair, (which unfortunately would come in any feminine tug of war). By force of circumstances I can only talk about those wives that I know in person and those whose attitudes I have come to know through con- versations with their husbands or through correspondence. So if any wife who happens to read these lines has the sneaky suspicion that I am thinking of her as I write, she can be sure that her intuition is absolutely right. To facilitate this analysis let's grade wives in six cat- egories by the six grades most schools use to evaluate a student's performance in the classroom. So we'll have A-wives (excellent), B-wives (good), C-wives (average),

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