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To: Rambi who wrote (134257)	8/24/2005 7:22:28 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793729

All I will say is that if you do not want to substantially reduce the number of men who would be attracted to you, avoid being obese. If you substantially reduce the number of men who are attracted to you, it is much more probable you will end up alone. I also do not find the paraphrase by the doctor to be nasty. The truth will make you strong. And maybe more attractive.

To: Rambi who wrote (134257)	8/24/2005 10:51:02 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793729

she would probably end up alone because men tend to not be attracted to obese women. Not universally true, but true enough. Sad, but true. Men don't dig fat chicks. Not that women dig fat men, either. And how and why do we know that the doctor told this to the patient? I mean, after all, it was a confidential communication between patient and physician within the confines of his office. My impression is that we only know the patient's take on this exchange, since the doctor would be a moron to repeat it to the press (due to privacy statutes). I am sure he's not at all thrilled that she repeated it to the press, but he isn't protected by privacy statutes. She can say whatever she likes, but he can't respond. If she had chosen to keep this communication private, it would have been illegal to repeat it in public or to bandy it about among us. Bottom line, we're all voyeurs here. Not that I object to being a voyeur, I rather enjoy it as long as I am not being shown violence or sexual situations (being a bit of a prude). At any rate, broadcasting the exchange to all and sundry and even total strangers seems to undercut the allegations of shame and humiliation and all that. If someone told you something that made you feel shame and humiliation, would you go running to the news media to make sure everybody knew about it? At any rate, shall we ban the truth? Shall we ban the fact that men don't dig fat chicks, or old women? Shall we ban the fact --- well, I could say the truth about men, but men's egos are, in general, more fragile. Maybe we need to bring in Doctor Ruth to tell us that anybody can be attractive at any age and in any body, whether or not it's true just so we can all feel good about ourselves.