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being "done" in a beauty shop. The four or five young girls who work- ed on me were amused by the situation, but the early 30's-aged woman who was in charge of the shop I am certain received a sexual "tingle" by the entire episode. She was the one who most encouraged me, got the biggest laughs, etc. It was interesting to observe the younger gals' enthusiasm build when we came to the finale. I was to get hit with a pie in the face. With their carefully readying me with a plastic cape and a bathing cap, "excitement" in the group was building to a climax. Another adult woman volunteered to throw the pie explaining with great enthusiasm "I've always wanted to do this to my husband!" Suddenly the young girls' enthusiasm also reached a peak, one carefully explaining to another that the flowers on the bathing cap must be to the front so they can be seen in the picture, etc. The pie was thrown, the novelty was over, and the first to lose interest were the girls. The two women had also reached the zenith of their enthusiasm, but I couldn't help but feel that they would like to participate in the entire episode again and agin. All thought it entirely "legit" and I'm certain no one later thought another thing of it.

It would be interesting if other TV's would offer their thoughts and experiences concerning "women dressing men." We can be ap- preciative of the fact that the high school boys' can-cans and fund- raising men's ballet lines offer for the public a conscious or sub- conscious kind of "padding" against the shock transvestism may be to some people. It will be a wonderful day when there is no shame or hurt among people if men freely express themselves in more ways than just one. We are moving in this direction, but progress in some cases is slow.

"You brought your wife's wig in? Of course we can style it. But why are you so nervous? Mr.

Smith here wears his when he comes in."

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