strable injury to particular persons or property, and not somebody's moral athorrence.

On the sociological side, Mercer believes, though ho admits it can't be proven by statistics, that homosexuality may bo on the increase. And among the reasons for this, he includes the growing economic and intellectual indopondence of women, along with a stifling of aggressive attitudes in mon. He paints a lurid picture (admitting himself that it is "slightly astigmatic" and a "caricaturo") of the predatory female, and the "half-man" onslaved not so much by women as by our machine society. His prescription for a reduction of the incidence of homosexuality is, in part, to "let boys bo boys" and to encourage girls to be girls. "Common sense suggests", he says, "that girl children should not be taught or permitted to adopt the mannerisms and attitudes of small boy companions. Male children should not be encouraged to imitate behavior patterns that, in adult life, are most associated with fomininity."

Here is room for controversy. This reviewer wonders what part of the homosexual population was actually "encouraged" by parents to act like the opposite sex. And what part, on the contrary, may have been driven to it irrevocably Just because parents did not permit the boy to play with dolls or the girl with Erector sets. Perhaps research will some day help give us an answer to the se questions. We certainly don't have it now.

In sum, this book is full of provocative material, but is disappointing in quality. We hope that homosexuals, and ot her laymen, will continue to study and write on this sub je ct. But to do real good even to be widely read it needs to be much better than this.

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F. C.

"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty ho establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."

Thomas Paine