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-•T July Volume 8 Number 10 o f the the Lculde/i ☆ Pub».K«l monthly by th . pmfl. cotporotlon. 1232 W t, S« t. lO B^n eI.co 2, Colllofnio. T.l.phono: UNdorhlM 3 - 81». INC. n a t io n a l officers, daughters of BlllTIS, A WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION FOR THE PURPOSE OP PROMOTING THE INTEGRATION OF THE HOMOSEXUAL INTO SOCIETY BY; ^ P re sid e n t------C le o Glenn Kteording ^«creWfy—“Barbara Grrtings, Corrt&pondtng d«crei«r/ Public Relations D „e c/O f-M e te d u h Grey ................ T re asurer— F-v How e .......... ..... ......... THE LADDER STAFF Editor_ Barbara Gittings -Agatha Mathys Fiction and Poetry Editor- O.. Education of the variant, with particular emphasis on the psych­ ological, physiological and sociological aspects, to enable her to understand herself and make her adjustment to society in all Production— Joan Olivet, V. Pigtoffl its social, civic and economic implications— this to be accomp­ Circulation Manager— Cleo Glenn lished by establishing and maintaining as complete a library as THE LADDER it ragarded . • «oundinq board lor v.riou. possible of both fiction and non-fiction literature on the sex de­ 01. 0?° .I on th. homophil, and r.lat.d .ubi.et. and Z n: :::Lrilyr....ctth. opinion oJth. or,aniraW viant theme; by sponsoring public discussions on pertinent sub­ jects to be conducted by leading members of the legal, psychiat­ ric. religious and other professions; by advocating a mode of be- CONTENTS havior and dress acceptable to society. The Potential of Woman - Färber and Wilson © Education of the public at large through acceptance first of the e d ito rs - Book Review by D r. D. ..................................... individual, leading to an eventual breakdown of erroneous taboos d o b T hird National Convention - Report and prejudices; through public discussion meetings aforemen­ Round-Up: Part One ^ Dr. W arden B. Pomeroy............................................................^ tioned; through dissemination of educational literature on the Dr. M ildred W eiss...................................................................... homosexual theme. Dr. E rn est van den Haag....................................................... Panel Discussion - Adele Kenyon, Florence DeSantis, Mrs. Lee Steiner..................................... © Participation in research projects by duly authorized and respon­ Reverend Robert W. W ood......................... sible psychologists, sociologists and other such experts directed towards further knowledge of the homosexual. Marle^Corelil - Biographical Note - by Vern Niven..........17 Dawn - by Judy Hamlin,............................. O Investigation of the penal code as it pertains to the homosexual, L esblana - by Qene Damon........................................ü ü ü ü s B proposal of changes to provide an equitable handling of cases Cross-currents........ ^gi^ Readers Respond.................................. .. ............................................ involving this minority group, and promotion of these changes through due process of law in the state legislatures. Cover; "Rhythm o f the Sea" by B oris B la l. Photo by Kay copyright 19611 by Daughters of B llltls, Inc.. San Fran­ cisco, California The Potential of Woman ESTHER PETERSON DEPLORES LIMITATIONS PLACED ON THE WORKING WOMAN, AND MARYA MANNES THOSE ON THE CREATIVE WOMAN. ELEANOR MACCOBY CONaUOES THAT WOMW MUST BE "FLEET OF FOOT INDEED TO SCALE THE SEYMOUR M. FÄRBER AND ROGER H. L. WILSON, EDITORS. HUTOLES SOCIETY HAS ERECTED FOR HER AND TO REMAIN A WHOLE AND HAP­ NEW Yo r k , m c g r a w -h i l l , 1963 PY PERSON WHILE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW HER INTELLECTUAL BENT." "7>HE Po t e n t ia l o f w c m a s" w a s o n e o f s e v e r a l s y m p o s ia p r e s e n t e d a t PEWHAPS UNWILLING TO CALL UP THE IIWAGE OF THE MILITANT FEMINIST, THE Un i v e r s i t y o f Ca l i f o r n i a ui« e r t h e g e n e r a l t i t l e , "M a n a n d NONE OF THE PANELISTS BRANDS WOMAN’S ROLE THE STARKLY MISERABLE CIVILIZATION," t h e i r OVER-ALL PURPOSE TO EXPLORE, IN MULTIDISCI­ ONE IT ACTUALLY IS. PERHAPS THEY, LIKE MOST PEOPLE, CONFUSE THE PLINARY f a s h i o n , PROBLEMS OF GREAT CONTEMPORARY IMPORTANCE. PAR­ a v e r a g e WOMAN'S PASSIVE RESIGNATION WITH CONTENTMENT. NORTHING IS TICIPANTS IN TIE SYMPOSIUM ON WOMEN INCLUDED PROFESSORS, WRITERS, SAID ABOUT PRESENT-DAY WOMEN LEADERS' TRAGIC OPPOSITION TO A VWM- iNO REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND MISCELLANEOUS OCCU­ AN'S RKHTS AMENWENT, ON THE SHODDY TTCSIS THAT SUH AN AME^CMENT PATIONS. SIGNIFICANTLY, 2t MEN AND 13 WMEN WERE INVOLVED - CAN WOULD NEGATE CERTAIN LAWS PROTECTING WOMEN WORKERS. NONE OF THE ONE IMAGINE MORE WOMEN THAN MEN BEING INVITED TO PARTICIBATE IN A PLENTIFU L RESEARCH IS PRESENTED THAT SHOWS WOMEN TO BE FAR MORE SYMPOSIUM ABOUT MEN? GROUPS OF PAPERS WERE ORGANIZED AROUND SOME FEARFUL AND ANXIOUS AND LESS CONFIDENT THAN MEN, NOR ANY OF THE TOPIC - SUCH AS WOMAN’S BIOLOGICAL POTENTIAL; ACQUISITION OF SEX e v id e n c e t h a t s o c ie t y GBJERALLY, e s p e c i a l l y m o t h e r s , PERSISTENTLY ROLE; CONTROL OF THE TRANSITION IN WOMAN'S ROLE; THE CCNSEQUENCES FRUSTRATES THE FE'IALE'S PROGRESS TOWARD BECOMING A PERSON. OF EQUALITY, INCLUDING MALE REVOLT - AND EACH WAS FOLLOWED BY A LIVELY PANEL DISCUSSION. LITTLE IS SUGGESTED BY WAY OF IMAGINATIVE SOLUTION, 8EY0I® A FEW nevertheless HELPFUL ID EA S: E . G ., PROVIDING FOR MORE COEDUCA­ Th e RESIDUAL IMPRESSION IS A SMORGASBORD OF RELATIVELY INDEFEICENT TIONAL PLAY, FOR WARDROBE CENTERS FOR FIXING CHILDREN'S CLOTHES, NOTIONS ABOUT W«T WOMAN'S ROLE SHOULD BE, APART FROM THAT OF WIFE FOR HYPHENATION OF LAST NAMES FOR MARRIED COUPLES. NONE OF THE AND MOTHER. THROUGH T H IS VERY D IV E R S IT Y , THE BOOK ACQUIRES A CER­ PANELISTS SUGGESTS THE ULTII'ATE POSSIBILITY CF SWEEPING CHANGES IN TAIN AUTHENTICITY, IN REFLECTING SOCIETY'S CURRENTLY DIFFUSE REVIEWS t h e ROLES OF MOTHER AND FATHER; IN METHODS OF BRINGING UP GIRLS; ON THE SUBJECT. NEVERTHELESS, OBSERVATIONS TEND TO REVOLVE AROUND IN THE HOME’S FUNCTION IN CHILD-REARING. NO ONE DARES TO PROVOKE CERTAIN B A SIC IS S U E S : VINAT IS W/OMAN'S BIO LO G ICA L PO TENTIAL? WHAT MEN'S WfWTH BY SUGGESTING MODIFICATIONS IN THOSE MALE PREROGATIVES ROLES SHOULD SHE FULFILL? IAHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE TRANSITION IN WHICH INEVIATA9LY PLACE SP E C IA L AND LXIFAIR BURDENS ON WOMEN. FOR h e r STATUS? e x a m p l e , why SHOULD NOT BOYS, AS WELL AS GIRLS, HELP WITH HOUSE­ HOLD CHORES AfC YOUNGER CHILDREN? WHY, WHEN BOTH WIFE AND HUSBAND WHILE THE PARTICIPANTS PERCEIVE WOMAN'S ROLE AS CHANGING, THEY WORK, SHOULD THE MAN NOT ASSUME AN EQUAL AND NOT MERELY A HELPING ENVISIONED NO EARTH-SHAKING CHANGES, THEY VIEWED HER BASIC ROLES r o l e a t HOME? why SHOULD CHILDREN NOT SPEND MOST OF THEIR DAY IN AS THE TRADITIONAL ONES OF WIFE AND MOTHER, AND CONTINUALLY CON­ SCIENTIFICALLY DEVELOPED CHILD CENTERS? WHY SHOULD PROFESSIONALS SIDERED HER FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO MAN'S, THUS SEEMING TO EN­ n o t p e r f o r m MORE BASIC HOUSEHOLD AND YARD CHORES, ON A WHOLESALE, DORSE HER AUXILIARY STATUS. WHILE THE FATE OF BOTH SEXES IS IN­ e c o n o m ic a l BASIS, FREEING BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE FOR A FULLER LIFE. DEED INEXTRICABLY LI IKED, MEN WOULD NEVER DEFINE THEIR POTENTIAL THE SYMPOSIUM DISCUSSIONS, COLLECTIVELY, POINT UP TEE SUPERFICIAL­ IN TERMS OF TTHEIR R ELA TIO N SH IP TO WOMEN. ITY OF OUR CONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO WOMEN'S PROBLEMS, AND THE GAPS IN PRESENT KNOWLEDGE, EVEN SUCH RESEARCH AS EXISTS IS OFTEN SHOT In s u m , T>C PANELISTS PORTRAY WOMAN'S STATUS AS GENERALLY BEAR“ THROUGH WITH THE SP E C IA L B IA S OF THE INVESTIGATORS. ABLE, CERTAINLY NOT DISMAL, EVEN RATHER HOPEFIA.. NEVERTHELESS, SEVERAL OF THEM POINT OUT GARGANTUAN OBSTACLES IN WOMAN'S RATH. PEIW APS THE A M IA B IL IT Y CF THE EXOTANQES BETWEEN THE MEN AND WOMEN p a n e l i s t s STEMMED FROM THE FAILU RE OF EIT H ER SEX TO ASSERT EXTREME VIEWS. Tlf m e n g e n e r a l l y TOOK THE TOLERANT VIEW THAT WOMAN'S LOT MIGHT BE IMPROVED, BUT CONCEDED NOTHING THAT WOULD THREATEN THE DAUGHTERS Male' s pavored position, at least^-wio of ti€ men would have felt caiP L E T E L Y AT HOME IN QUEEN V IC T O R IA 'S REIG N . EDMUKO OVERSTFIEET OF GROSSLY OVERPLAYED WOMAN'S BIOLOGICAL HANDICAP; ALBERT SCHWABACHER ADVISED THAT WOMEN LEAVE SERIOUS FINANCE UP TO MEN, AND DO VlHAT BILITIS THEY CAN DO BE ST , THAT IS , BE WOMEN. TEE EXCEPTION TO TFE P SE U )0 - unoerstanoing m a l e p a n e l i s t s w a s Ma r k h a r i s , whom e v e r y w oman Third 3H0.LD APPLAUD. HIS REMARKS WERE LIKE A FRESH AND WELCOME WIND. National t h e m o s t h o p e f u l n o t e w a s t h e g e n e r a l CONCLUSION THAT WOMAN'S ROLE IS LARGELY WHAT CULTURE MAKES IT, THAT WHAT IS NORMAL FOR PRIMATES CONVENTION MAY NOT BE SO FOR HUMANS.

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