What if it had been a female pdoc saying the exact same thing, Lauliza? Would that not have been equally offensive from your point of view, and if not, why not? The important thing here is that the OP was offended, and our different takes on the situations are really not relevant because we all come from different places and have different angles on the situation... but I'm really interested in this and hopefully it is not too much of a derailment.