Moreover, I conceive it to be no only an Editor's privilege but also her obligation to take the lead in pointing out, discussing, evaluating and generally dealing with areas of concern to her readers. I don't think hiding from things ever leads to a relaxed and peaceful attitude about them. Only understanding and openness can achieve this end. It is on this basic premise that this editorial appears. I hope the readership will realize that I am only trying to ventilate the subject not promote it.

Now like every continuum between two extremes, you have no dif- ficulty determining the ends, that is to say in the continuum between hetero-sexuality and homosexuality, nobody but a real idiot has any difficulty distinguishing that individual who is completely attracted by members of the opposite sex, is adequate in sexual functions with them and has no interest directly or indirectly in his or her own sex. In other words, an out and out hetero-sexual is perfectly obvious to every- body. By the same token the individual who preferentially, continuously and effectively seeks and obtains his or her sexual outlets with persons of the same sex, is without question a homosexual. These two ends we have no trouble with, but like everything else, when we approach the center from either end, we begin to find characteristics that shade off into gray, get kind of smeared up, and it really isn't very clear where the dividing line is.

Dr. Kinsey attempted to solve the problem by a set of six different categories, or classes, ranging from class one, who were completely, preferentially and always hetero-sexual and class six, who were con- tinuously and completely homosexual. Then two, three, four and five, were grades of people who had a little bit more, going from left to right, of an increasing amount of homosexual experiences during their life, and an increasing amount of orientation in that direction. This is prob- ably all well and good for purposes of classification, but it doesn't do very much good for the individual, since it is based on how many times, or the frequency of such contacts. Another factor to be born in mind, is that whereas an act may be homosexual, the persons participating in it are not necessarily homosexual. That may sound contradictory, but let's take two boys in the services, or in a mining camp or in any other circumstances where contact with females is reduced to a minimum, or non-existant. In their relatively starvation level of sexuality, they seek enjoyment with each other. The anal or oral insertion that takes place is, as an act, by definition, homosexual, because two individuals have the same genital configurations. And yet, these two people, when cir- cumstances are modified, and they escape from their isolation, each find a woman, marry her, have children by her, are very happy in their

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