after to go thru life not only in the enjoyment of TV and in the relaxation that it brings, but free of the nagging feeling of inadequate masculinity. He can be integrated, whole within himself and better able to deal with the world because to some extent he does not have to devote so much of his energies to conforming to the stereotype. He knows what he is and can be secure within himself, although he may still have to put up a front for the benefit of soc- iety, relatives etc. But security inside is vastly more important than security outside.

In conclusion I can only urge the readers of these pages to beg, borrow or buy this book. It wont make a particle of difference to your TVism, but I'm sure it will give you some valuable insight into the plight of the contemporary American male which includes you. With these insights you will be better able to handle yourself, understand yourself, your children, your wife and your place in society. After reading it you will, I suspect, begin to feel that as a TV you are some jumps ahead of the man in the street in that you have already broken away from the stereotype and made a degree of internal peace with yourself. TV is, after all, a means, not an end in this sense. It is a door which leads into an area of greater enlightenment and understanding as well as peace and pleasure. Society too will some day get to the same point (by a different route of course) and when it arrives the TVs will be there to welcome the vanguard. In this sense the quotation at the bottom of the inside cover of TVia is seen as be- ing more than just an intriguing "saying", it embodies. a social truth that society has as yet to discover and put into practice. The saying might be improved in only one way and that is to reverse it--"When you discover that the two-masculine and feminine--are both present in your single self, then shall you enter the kingdom''.

VIRGINIA

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