Susanna Says...

Transvestia

Hi, Everybody:

Any TV article - so the classic formula states --should begin: "As I sit writing these lines I am wearing...." and on we go with a minute description of the contents of Frederick's catalogue. So, So, I in order to conform, let me say that as I sit to write this column, I am wearing...a disgusted look in my Helena-Rubinsteined- face. You see, I have read and re-read an article entitled "The Myth of the Latent Femininity in the Male", written by Dr. Hugo Beigel, a psychotherapist and author who has been looking into the question of Tranvestism for some time. Needless to say I started to read his article with gladness. Every bit of literature about TVism should be helpful for a better under- standing of this "peculiarity" of ours. My expect- ations turned into disappointment when I realized that Dr. Beigel reveals the very same prejudiced attitude that the uninformed individual displays in the presence of any "deviation from the norm". He goes so far as to echo the typical lurid publications which inevitably describe TVism as a sickness. Dr. Beigel spotlights one of the various "theories" which TV s are fond of sponsoring when they are called upon to do some explaining to non-TV s who know nothing whatsoever about the subject. Unfort-

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