Transvestia

And now to Sheila's open letter to Virginia (Also TVia 54). Sheila may well accuse me of sticking my powdered nose into a private argument, but I can't resist a couple of observations suggested by Sheila's talk about some TV's POTENTIAL being greater than others'. There are in that letter some statements that have baffled me a bit. Sheila says, "All of us, even the TS's start off with a more or less fetishist pattern; some stay there a long time, and for a great many it is THE GOAL.”

I hate to be picayunish, but methinks that Sheila has made one of those generalizations that should never be made about categorizing people. Couldn't it be that what Sheila tags as a fetishist pattern is nothing but lack of opportunity for most TV's? Just think that those TV's who feel the urge to dress at an early age, seldom if ever can do a complete dressing job. They have to be satisfied with one of two items of clothing which, to them, symbolizes the whole GG they dream of portraying. But they would eagerly jump out of this single item limitation were they presented with a complete wardrobe and the blessings of their parents to don it. I think the potential of the girl-within is present in most TV's in pretty much the same degree, but what we do with this potential depends on opportunity, environmental facilities (social as well as material) and the degree to which we cleanse ourselves of guilt.

I do not agree with Sheila when she equates the TV potential with the number of hours one dresses. She states that she would be bored to tears at having to dress more than twice a week, and that therefore her potential is lower in percentage points than the potential of those TV's who dress for long periods. I can see a TV being bored to tears if the TVism is nothing but a manifestation of WGF. But if transvestism means to express an entirely untapped reservior of feelings, desires, inclinations, emotions and personality traits, then it is impossible to be bored while you are expressing a deep reality within yourself. (Bravo - from Virginia) It's like a painter being bored at having to paint more than twice a week or a lover of engines being bored at having to tinker with engines more than twice a week - No, Sheila dear. Our potential is unlimited. If a TV stays dressed for long periods of time it simply means that she is tapping her potential with more determination and enjoyment than her other sisters and that she has found joys in