Penthouse Forum October 1978 Magazine

4 FORUM THIS MONTH
6 FORUM INTERNATIONAL
The latest on medicine, psychology and sex from around the world.
12 MY LAST BASTARD
Why some women always fall for "Mr. Wrong."
By Tracy Cabot.
18 THROBBING THIRTIES
The sexual turmoil of the thirty-year-old male.
By Dr. Karen Shanor.
25 NUTRITION
Iron: The Energy Mineral.
By Nick Bosco.
28 A SOLUTION FOR THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS
The high cost and low quality of medical treatment.
By Dr. Martin Shepard.
34 WOMEN IN THE JOHN
The writing on the wall. The ladies' room wall, that is.
Compiled by Susanna Shaw.
40 MARCO VASSI'S DIARY
45 CLITORAL CIRCUMCISION
Another rip-off or the road to sexual Nirvana?
By David Haldane.
50 TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Sex change operations: Who wants them, who should have them?
54 FEMALE SEXUALITY STUDY
58 BETWEEN THE COVERS
Reviewing the best of the new books.
By Frank Fortunato.
62 CALIFORNIA LIFE STYLE
What's happening on the West Coast? Everything!
By Carolyn See.
70 THE FORUM EXPERIENCE
How your letters changed her life.
By Open Forum editor Rachel Gallagher.
74 OPEN FORUM
Your experiences, hopes and interests in every aspect of human behavior.
102 FORUM OPINION
Readers speak out on the subject of group sex.
105 FORUM ADVISER
Your most intimate questions answered by our panel of experts.