Letters To The Editor

READER'S REPLIES

Many facets of Transvestism have been explored these past few years and certain data has been gath- ered. A great deal of material has been furnished by TVs themselves and, as is always the case in re- search, some generalizations have been made on the subject. A lot has been said about the problem of self-acceptance on the part of the TV and the atti- tude of the wife of the TV and much progress has been made along these lines of marital adjustment. However there is a certain amount of fantasy in literature written by most TVs and a distinct lack of thorough research on the subject of transvestism and it's ultimate problems by non TVs and profess- ional people as well. Fact and fiction are some- times mixed together and the result is doubtful at best. It seems that Susanna in her article on TV marriages has done just that, especially in her con- clusion that TVs should not get married.

I guess that it is about time someone said a few words about the so called "A" wife and the hard to find "happy TV marriage" because this group seems to be left out when it comes to research and is only mentioned in a fictional way in TV stories. So... what about this group? Does it really exist? What are these people like? Where are they? Well, it's easy to see why these married couples do not come forth very often especially to the psychiatrist office or the counsel table because they really do not have need for this kind of help. Their letters seldom appear in the pages of TRANSVESTIA because they are too happy to take time to sit down and

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