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Recently in the Reader's Digest there was a quot- ation from a new book by Edna Ferber titled, "A Kind Of Magic". I don't know any thing about the rest of the book, but this bit is so good that I read it in my lec- tures and I think it is worth the space to quote it to you here.

"Women are women and men are men and "Vive la difference"! But for me there is no greater bore than

a 100-percent male or female. Confronted by a mas- sive two-fisted, barrel chested he-man, or a fluttering itsy bitsy, all tendril female, I run from their irksome company. The men and women I prize are a happy blend of masculine and feminine characteristics. A man who is masculine with a definite feminine streak of percep- tion, intuition and tenderness is a whole man; he is an interesting man, a gay companion, a complete lover. A woman who possesses a sufficient strain of masculinity to make her thoughtful, decisive, worldly in the best meaning of the word; fair; self-reliant; companionable --this is a whole woman. The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whiskey. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients, the result is flat, without tang or flavor."

Read that over again and think about it a bit! Неге is a well known writer who has been watching and re- cording human beings for a long time saying not just that many men have feminine characteristics as the psy- chologists admit. No, she goes further, she says they ought to have these qualities and that those that do are better for it. Truly agreeing with her would be the first step in doing away with guilt. But then the nagging thought would appear, "well, that's all well and good

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