in an "opposite-sex" atmosphere. The great question, continued Dr. Benjamin, is why some people who were brought up in this way become thoroughly masculine or feminine despite the inconsistent background, and some do not. His conclusion was that there must be some congenital, inborn predisposition toward masculinity or femininity.

The end result of these six determinants is the social sex. By this Dr. Benjamin meant that for the "normal" man or woman there is no legal question of which sex is dominant. For the others who do not fit into this clear-cut pattern, there is often condemnation by the law and society. So long as all people can not conform to a specific social role, there must be either "priestinvented sin or artificially-created crime."

'LET'S CHANGE OUR OUTMODED SEX LAWS'

A star-studded, provocative panel, with Mrs. Molly Minudri, San Francisco attorney, acting as moderator, stressed the need to re-examine our outmoded sex laws during the afternoon session.

Mrs. Bernice Engle, research assistant of the Langley Porter Psychiatric Clinic of the University of California School of Medicine, spoke of the recent voto of the English Parliament on whether to confirm the Wolfenden Report and make homosexual acts between consenting adults legal, or at least not criminal in nature. The vote was approximately 2 to 1 against the resolution. After the issue was decided in Parliament, the newspapers and magazines throughout England made much of the point. The opinion in general was that more time was needed, as were research and public education, and that it must be determined once and for all whether homosexuality is a sin or a crime.

"One of my chief concerns is with individuals' or groups' pushing others around," Dr. Joseph Andriola, psychoanalyst from Atascadero State Hospital, declared.

The Puritan behavior of some people deprives others of a livelihood, he said, and this is an "evil thing." On the other hand, flaunting one's homosexuality cannot help the conflict at all. Homosexuals ought not to be discrimi-

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