"THE LACK OF WESSY FAMILY BACKGROUNDS IS STARTLING.

ONE HEARS SC MUCH EMPHASIS PLACED ON 'MISERABLE YOUTH' THAT THIS PERHAPS SHOWS THAT HAPPY SOULS ARE AS LIKELY TO BE SOCIAL OR SEXUAL DEVIATES AS UNHAPPY ONES. THE 23% OF PARENTAL ALCOHOLICS SEEMS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. IF IT IS ACCURATE THEN SURELY THERE MUST BE SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN ALCOHOLIC PARENTS AND HOMOSEXUAL CHILDREN. FERHAPS THE ALCOHOLIC FATHERS WERE ALSO BRUTAL; SOMEHOW THIS SEEMS MORE PLAUSIBLE TOWARD CAUSATION THAN THE DRINKING ALONE, OR PERHAPS THE ALCOHOLIC PARENT CREATED ENOUGH CHAOS IN THE HOME TO MAKE THE CHILD SHY AWAY FROM HETEROSEXUAL I TY ON THE GROUNDS OF INSTABILITY. THE FACT 22% WERE ONLY CHILDREN OPENS THE THEORY OF OVER LAVISHED LOVE BY MAMA.

"IT IS EASY TO SEE WHY SO FEW LESBIANS ARE DEEPLY RELIGIOUS AND WHY THOSE THAT ARE TEND TO GO OVERBOARD. ON THE ONE HAND ALL ORGANIZED PROTESTANT FAITHS AS WELL AS CATHOLIC AND JEWISH ARE AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY. ON THE OTHER HAND THOSE LESBIANS WHO ARE VIOLENTLY RELIGIOUS TEND TO LEAN INTO MYSTICISM AND OC-

CULTISM.

"DELIGHTED TO SEE ONE OF MY PET THEORIES IN PRINT. I HAVE ALWAYS DISBELIEVED THE THEORY THAT LOTS OF BROTHERS TEND TO TURN GIRLS INTO LITTLE IMITATION BOYS, AND YOUR RATIO OF 52 BOYS FOR 100 GIRLS FITS IN WITH MY THOUGHTS VERY NEATLY. ALONG SAME LINES IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MANY OF YOUR 157 SUBJECTS SPENT TIME IN A SEGREGATED INSTITUTION. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST THOROUGH WAYS OF UNCOVERING LATENT HOMOSEXUALITY MOST OF THE FICTION AND NON-FICTION ON THE SUBJECT VERIFIES THAT. ON THE SAME SUBJECT THIS PIECE OF NEWS MAY INTEREST YOU. RECENTLY (1958) THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS AT LAWRENCE, KANSAS, DISCONTINUED ALL SHARED ROOMS FOR SLEEPING. THE GIRLS DORMS STILL HAVE ROOMS WHICH 2 OR 3 GIRLS SHARE FOR STUDY AND SOCIAL LIFE BUT THEY HAVE NO BEDS OR COUCHES. THE GIRLS ALL SLEEP IN LARGE SUPERVISED DORMITORY-TYPE ROOMS WITH 20 OR 30 COTS TO A ROOM.

"TO ME PERSONALLY THE MOST AMAZING PART OF YOUR ENTIRE STUDY CONCERNS PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE. IT IS ABOUT 75% HIGHER THAN I WOULD HAVE GUESSED. YOU ARE VERY RIGHT IN SAYING IN YOUR CONCLUSION REGARDING FAMILY HISTORY (P. 13) THAT YOUR STUDY SHOWS VERY LITTLE OF THE DISTURBANCE SO OFTEN CLINICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HOMOSEXUALITY. ONE POINT IN YOUR STUDY, AND INCIDENTALLY ALSO