WHICH LASTED IN ALL FOUR YEARS, ONE OF THREE YEARS DURATION, AND A NEW ONE OF LESS THAN A YEAR. THIS WOMAN IS NOT A STEREOTYPE HOMOSEXUAL, A BAR FLY, NOR PROMISCUOUS ACTUALLY, YET IN ALL HONESTY SHE HAS LOOKED STRAIGHT AT ME AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND SAID, "I'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE" ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT WOMEN.

"NOW, I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE. I KNOW FROM CONVERSATION WITH MANY LESBIANS THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY A TYPICAL PATTERN, BUT VIRTUALLY A TOTAL PATTERN,

"THE IMPLICATIONS IN THIS ARE MOST DISTURBING AND DEFEATING FOR SUCH BEHAVIOUR CALLED LOVE OR ANYTHING ELSE IS SIMPLY NOT RIGHT, NOT MORAL, NOT EVEN SENSIBLE. IT IS A WAY OF EXISTENCE WHICH IMPLIES UNMISTAKABLY A LACK OF SELF DISCIPLINE, A LACK OF INTEGRITY WHICH IS A DAMNING THING TO ALL. OF US.

"IT IS, AT LEAST PARTIALLY, THIS SLIP-SHOD HANDLING OF OUR PERSONAL AFFAIRS WHICH CREATE THE HIDEOUS STEREOTYPE IN THE PUBLIC MIND.

"I WOULD BE MOST INTERESTED IN HEARING OTHER LADDER READERS OPINIONS ON THIS SUBJECT."

B.G.,

MISSOURI

"I NOTED THAT THE CURRENT ELECTION WAS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE NOVEMBER 3, DOB GAB'N JAVA IN SAN FRANCISCO. I AGREE THAT THE DAUGHTERS SHOULD EXTEND THEIR THINKING AND THEIR ENERGIES IN THE DIRECTION OF CIVIC MATTERS, AS WELL AS STATE, NATIONAL AND WORLD AFFAIRS. AND NOT BY ANY MEANS SOLELY IN SELF(THAT IS, HOMOPHILE) GROUP INTEREST.

"IN THESE DAYS WHEN SURVIVAL OF ALL OF US, ALL LIFE IN FACT, IS AT STAKE, MY VIEW IS THAT WE SHOULD ALL EXERT MUCH MORE EFFORT TO GET OUR POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVES ORIENTED TOWARDS WORLD LAW IN PLACE OF THE PRESENT POWER STRUGGLE; AND TOWARDS EVENTUAL DISARMAMENT AND THE OUTLAWING OF WAR AS A MEANS OF SETTLING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BETWEEN PEOPLES AND NATIONS.

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