vwilli@azstarnet.com

University of Missouri-retired

re: paragraph 9--the statement that Belisa is feigning illness is an understatement or misunderstanding of the text. Belisa is pregnant! Her illness is having missed her monthly period as indicated by the term "opilación" or blockage. It was caused, as the text indicates, by having "eaten clay" and the "opilación" is described as an illness that lasts nine months. This has little to do with the point of the article that is an interesting study of cross-dressing, but is basic to a real comprehension of the dramatic conflict.