6 PUBLISHER'S PAGE 8 INSIDE THE GALLERY 11 FEEDBACK 19 GALLERY AT LEISURE 19 MUSIC Meridee Merzer 21 BOOKS Donald Newlove 22 FILMS Diane Jacobs 24 SPORTS Ira Kaufman 27 PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS Susan Toepfer 36 WE ARE TWO MINUTES AND FOUR SECONDS TOO LATE TO PREVENT THE END OF THE WORLD
Article
Ric Ballad
39 RICHARD NIXON'S VITAL SIGNS: AN ACCOUNT OF THE NIXON MADNESS
Article
Sheldon Bart & James Mitteager
43 ANN'S LAST LAUGH
Pictorial Jacques Bourboulon
48 Muhammad Ali
Interview
54 BIG ONES I HAVE KNOWN
Cartoon Feature
Don Orehek
56 SUNSET
Fiction
Gil Brewer
59 GO FOR BROKER
Pictorial
Bernard Speg
70 SEPARATE VACATIONS
Article
Mel Shestack
74 FOREPLAY: BEHIND EVERY GREAT WOMAN, THERE'S A MAN
Pictorial
Chris Turner
78 LIFE SOUNDS, MUSIC SOUNDS, STEREO SOUNDS
Article
Robert Angus
81 THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Contest
PRIVATE LIVES:
99 HOLDING YOUR OWN
Article
104 THE OPINIONATED READER
105 INSIDE-OUT
Peter Frishauf
107 BIG CITY SIGHTS
Pictorial
John Henderson
118 CAMPUS ROUNDTABLE
Symposium
College Editors
PUBLISHER'S PAGE
A few months ago, after a New York State prison riot in which one inmate beat
up the only woman guard, a group of prisoners—all men—voluntarily
got together to apologize for that act, and pointed out especially that they had
no complaints against the woman guard.
More recently, several inmates at an all-women prison filed legal suit complaining
that they were humiliated, degraded and embarrassed by the presence of male guards.
Both incidents are side effects of New York State's efforts to end job NIMMIM
.n, discrimination by offering equal job opportunities to both sexes. I refer
to them as good examples of the fact that there are always two sides to every
issue, and the modern revolution mistakenly labelled "feminism" or "women's
lib" is no exception.
Some men balk at the idea of "equal pay for equal work." But, when your
girlfriend or wife gets a salary increase so that she can make the same money
as a man doing the same job in her office, that's not so hard to take, is it?
And when you don't feel like going across town to pick up your date for a movie
or dinner at a place that happens to be nearer to where you live, it's kind of
nice to know that she'll be willing to meet you there ... and maybe even treat
you once in a while.
In many ways, we men are now free from having to do what is "expected of
us." The name of the game now is honesty, and it can be a good feeling, if
you're willing to give it a fair try.
That's why, ever since a team of us who helped launch Penthouse in the United
States took over at Gallery, beginning with the September 1975 issue, we have
dedicated this magazine to the idea that the equality of sexes can be a very positive
benefit for a certain kind of man: one who has so much confidence in himself that
he can view equality not as a threat, but as an opportunity for a more rewarding
male-female relationship.
In each issue, we have included one or more articles that help you to keep up
with the way things are changing.
Here are a few we've run:
How to Live with a Liberated Woman... Splitting: The Non-Marriage Divorce..
What Women Really Want From Yon...
Loving Together and Staying Free.. .
Who Pays the Bills: The Living Together Rip-Off .. .
How to Meet Girls Today...
How Liberated Can You Be With a Liberated Woman?.. , Office Sex: The Dangers and
the Delights...
The Return of Romantic Love... and, in this issue, a guide to what you and she
can expect when you take Separate Vacations. That's a pretty good beginning, we
believe, in helping our readers to understand and make the most of the new equality
of sexes. Sure, there are still men around who think that the "macho he-man"
role is the way to go. And there are enough magazines around for that kind of
man.
But research on the high-income, high-education Gallery reader tells us that you
are a step above that kind of attitude. And we're with you.
