"I am a woman writer, doing a first person documentary book on incest. I would like to hear from others who had an actual or near actual incest experience... " Hundreds of letters poured in from virtually every class, every family structure. "Dear Louise, I was three when my father first molested me... " "Dear Louise, I can't remember the exact age when things started to happen, but it was somewhere around four or five... " "I remember him taking his pants down and saying, Come over here, and sitting the bed, And I remember a feeling of total fear... " "He told me 'mommy likes it when I do this" I just lay there. I didn't have any idea about what it was that he was doing... " " I was very hurt, I mean it hurt physically, And I pretty much pretended I was asleep the whole time... " What perpetuates these all tol frequent incidents, and the myths surrounding incest, is our taboo against discussing it. It can only continue if we continue to be silent