LOVED your comment and the comments of the physician and your letter back
to him. You are, of course, absolutely correct on all counts. You will
recall that I metnioend I knew this person very well as a close (not
intimate) friend, and that I urged caution in using it.

Such a comment works best when one knows one's audience and that probably
should never be other than one-on-one.  The key to sexist remarks (if they
are to be usefully applied) is that they make both parties think, not that
they necessarily accurately reflect reality.

Thanks again for your comments. Very well put!  :-)




Def. of LC service: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities
brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."
Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Homewood, IL)- [log in to unmask]