RANSVESTIA

Dear Virginia:

After reading your book Understanding Crossdressing for 79 pages, assimilating all its philosophical and psychological ramifications, I finally hit the nugget in the paragraph saying, "Why shouldn't you and you and yes, even you look in the mirror when you look your prettiest and say out loud to yourself 'nobody made me put these clothes on..." etc., etc., on the bottom of the page!

As I sit here at around 1 a.m., dressed in nylon panties, pantihose, padded bra, long coral-each satin nightgown and matching coat, gold slippers, wig and gold earrings, reading your book, I am inspired to toss of a few observations, so please bear with me.

On page 84, beginning with "Remember I'm talking about the ... very reluctant wives," you hit the nail on the head again! Unfor- tunately, the reluctant wife, even after urging her mate to "come out of the closet," is usually unable to handle the result, and most of the time-splits! As I read your chapter entitled "Give Him an Inch and He'll Take It All," I can now see a number of mistakes I made that led to my impending divorce, and though it's certainly too late for me, I hope that this chapter comes to the attention of some of our younger FPs and saves them from the difficulties and heartbreak I've been through. There should be some way that this chapter alone could be published in some national magazine or newspaper, as a warning and an instruction to all FPs who are tempted to reveal their inner drives and desires to "reluctant" wives.

A number of years ago, I saw you being interviewed on a late night talk show that was hosted by Howard Miller on Chicago TV (what an ambivalent term!), and I thought you came off quite well, especially since he acted the part of an overbearing, know-it-all ass! 'I wondered then if enough people (considering his type of audience) seeing you and him in your dialogue, had the slightest idea of what you were trying to make clear, and how important what you were saying to us TVs was?

Virginia, I must say that I am fascinated by your book, and have already re-read several chapters. It seems to me, however, that at times you go overboard trying to prove a point, and end up throwing out the baby with the bathwater! In your chapter, "The Masculine/ Feminine Game," where you quote from the book by Betty and

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