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Old Jul 19, 2012, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by hankster View Post
How you "present" ie noting how you appear, is really pretty standard stuff to track. like it's expected that a T will record that.
Yes, I know that. I used to write that stuff myself when I was a social worker. I would never have thought to write anything beyond whether the person has covered all their naughty bits and done their washing recently, though.

"Seasonal appropriateness" really gets me. I know that it's important that people wear overcoats when it's very cold and such, but hell -- as I was walking around London today, people were wearing everything from sundresses and sandals to three-piece suits or jackets and wool scarves. What the hell is seasonally appropriate, then?

I would never expect entire records to be based around how I look, from my haircut to the colour of my garments to whether or not my nails were lacquered and I was wearing cosmetics. That goes well beyond presentation and into irrelevance, and possibly sexism.
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