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time to practice (environmental) to activate those qualities which are necessary in a finished musician!

4) I have to admit my error in reading "female" for "male" in Sheila's paragraph describing Fisher's work. Though it was a natural type of error it was an inex- cusable inaccuracy for which I apologize. Since it was male hormone that was used there is obviously a different explanation. I can think of several poss- ible technical explanations but will not burden the readers with them here. But I would like to point out that regardless of the true explanation of the phenomena observed by Dr. Fisher, it has little to do with the problem of TV in any case. I stand on my statement at the end of the first paragraph on page 71 of #44.

I would like to make it clear again that chemi- cal shock, encephalitis, electro-shock, concussion, LSD or what have you do NOT make an FP though they may very well induce cross dressing. My reply on pages 68 and 69 of #44 covers the rest of this para- graph so there is no point in repeating it.

5) This paragraph requires no comment except in the last line where Sheila tries to explain fetishism as well as TV and TS on the basis of hormonal inadequacy My comments about the various types of progressive variation which might be expected to result are ade- quately set forth on pgs. 87 and 88. Frankly I find it discouraging to have to discuss this again. Sheila omits both true and pseudo hermaphrodites as anatom- ical abnormalities which might result from such in- adequate masculinization as well as homosexuality which for at least certain types (Kinsey's type 5 and 6, the preferential and exclusive types) are true sexual abnormalities on the psychic level. But she includes fetishism. Either she doesn't understand and give credence to any psycho-social factors in development at all and thus ignores them, or she be- lieves that everything in this field is predetermined by pre-natal events. Fetishism can't in any way be

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