ARTICLES
28 BATTERED WOMEN—THE VIOLENT MAN Linda Murray
34 THE NEW POLITICAL WIFE Myra MacPherson
38 INTERVIEW with BETTY FRIEDAN Pat Huntingdon
42 GOSSIP IS GOOD FOR YOU Carolyn See
I46 N DEFENSE OF SOAP OPERA Dan Wakefield
48 NEW HOLLYWOOD WOMEN EXECUTIVES Daphne Davis
62 WHO STOLE THE GOLD? Richard Dail
64 ACCEPTING THE PASSIVE MALE Annie Lee
70 CLOTHES ADDICTION Catherine Houck
140 THE SOUNDS OF LOVE Ellen Wolff and Jack Breschard
PHOTO FEATURES
54 PLAYGIRL'S CELEBRITIES
73 PLAYGIRL'S MAN FOR APRIL—CONTEST WINNER Dennis Ward
146 DISCOVERY/HOROSCOPE - CONTEST WINNER ANTHONY DeCARLO
HELP YOURSELF 111 PLAYGIRL GUIDE TO...THINGS TO DO IN APRIL, QUESTIONS ON ABORTION,
NEW BEAUTY
FICTION 44 NIGHT CRIES Molly Giles
DEPARTMENTS
PLAYGIRL LETTERS
EDITOR'S COLUMN
SEX ADVISOR Lolita Sapriel
MENTAL INFIDELITY Maya Angelou
BOOKS Betty D. Ulius
MUSIC
MOVIES Judith Crist
TELEVISION Ann Woodall
PEOPLE Jacquelyn Nicholson
SEX ILLUSTRATED—A CARTOON SPECIAL Dave Christianson
COOKING
HEALTH Peter Lupus
WOMEN IN SPORTS—SPRINT CYCLISTS Larry Bortstein
EROTIC FANTASIES—THE DELIVERY BOY, DOMINATION J. AphroditeTRAVEL—RIVIERA
Fred Tobey
