Penthouse December 1980

COVER Ava Monet, Photo by Earl Miller 8 HOUSECALL Introduction 10 FORUM Correspondence 52 FEEDBACK Opinion 58 CALL ME MADAM Counsel by Xaviera Hollander 67 VIEW FROM THE TOP Comment by Emily Prager 68 SCENES Jay Perry 70 FILMS Roger Greenspun 71 WORDS Gay Haubner 73 SOUNDS Robert Palmer 76 HOSTAGES FOR THE CHASE MANHATTAN Article L. J. Davis 84 PET OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP Pictorial by Bob Guccione 94 STOLEN ART Article by Robert Stephen Spitz 97 PENTHOUSE 1981 DESK CALENDAR 102 THE GOD BIZ Article by James A. Haught 109 FRENCH KISS Pet of the Month, Photos by Earl Miller 130 THE SELLING OF AMERICA Essay by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. 132 THE WORLD'S SIK-EST CHRISTMAS FEATURE Satire by Oliver Christianson 138 ROBERT REDFORD Interview by Dan Yakir/Jeffrey Wells 142 ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT Service by Richard Trout 146 PAST LIVES THERAPY Article by Craig R. Waters 176 SOME LIKE IT HOT Pictorial by Pat Hill 192 THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE Fiction by Pat Conroy 195 TENNIS MOTHER Fiction by Catherine Hiller 199 WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL IQ? Quiz by Frank Donegan 204 NIGHTS IN BLACK SATIN Fashion by Ed Emmerling 212 A CORDIAL INVITATION Service by Michael VerMeulen 238 THE LOTUS POSITION Service by Wade Hoyt 240 GROOM AT THE TOP Service 242 OH! WICKED WANDA Satire by Frederic Mullally/Ron Embleton