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pinksoil said:
What if a T or pdoc described a person as "underweight female" in his initial notes or intake? Would you think differently about that?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">No, I probably wouldn't think differently, unless they made a comment about possible anorexia or something.

I'm a little sensitive to this because I just read this book by a psychotherapist in which he related the cases of 5 of his patients. He was always commenting on the females' physical appearance including their figures (size of breasts, attractiveness of legs and hips), their style of dress and how "feminine" and appealing it was in his judgment. To him, it seemed a sign of mental health was how "girly" the woman dressed and in a couple of instances he cited as evidence the patients were getting better that they now dressed in a girlier way, showing more flesh (shorter skirts, lower cut tops, etc.). I found it kind of offensive because I am not a very girly dresser and I do not consider this a sign of dysfunction! Similar comments were not made about his male patients. So, I'm kind of sensitized by just reading this book. almedafan, I can definitely understand why you would have found the weight comment from your T to be hurtful.