The Guilt Factor

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by Lil - Calif.

Part of the fun, and a tasty part indeed, of having both parts of the best of both of the poss- ible worlds (both man and woman) is the recovery of what "Shouldn't oughta be done" As a child you used to steal apples, thumb your nose at teach behind her back, dump a garbage can on Hallowe'en. That's the revolt that must happen in every child if he is, ever, to become an adult. And that same impulse to revolt, that same pleasure in revolt, must obtain in every adult if society isn't to stagnate.

A lot of adult revolt comes out in highly un- pleasant ways...nagging at the spouse, hyper-criti- cizing the children, dragging the feet at work. It just doesn't pay, in terms of human comfort.

I propose that his revolt comes out in there- peutic ways...in us as children and in us as adults.. in doing, probably, the "most revolting" thing pos- sible...with our present mores and folkways...play- ing, and working, at being the opposite gender. And offhand, I've never found anything in life more de- lightful than the opposite sex.

We could, more acceptably, rob a bank, bash a citizen bloody, embezzle $50,000 from the Red Cross.. but, in my considered experience, there's much more pleasure in indulging the giddy revolt of feeling and seeing just how pretty I can be. I feel guilty, sure...but that's a tasty part of it, labeled as "shouldn'toughta be done".

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