To John Thomas et al There is another viewpoint out there is terms of fictional portrayals -- a TV movie entitled "Men Don"t Tell." I believe the movie originally aired on ABC in 1993, and was repeated about a month ago. The film stars Peter Strauss and Judith Light. If nothing else, it does deal with the social prohibitions about why "men don't tell." There is a scene in there about the Peter Strauss character calling a shelter, and being dismissed. I wonder how close to reality that would be? Rod Carveth University of Bridgeport