Re: Female characters

On 2007-06-03, Brian M. Scott penned:
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:26:59 -0600, "Monique Y. Mudama"
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rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

I know someone who was involved with a treatment facility for
people (mostly females) with eating disorders. The women lived
there during their treatment, and apparently magazines and
television were completely off-limits within the building.

And no handy bathroom scales, either, I trust; they're a gilt-edged
(guilt-edged?) invitation to start the downward spiral. I routinely
close my eyes and ask the nurse *not* to tell me my weight on my
rare visits to the doctor.

No doubt.

I hate regular scales, although I do like the one I have, which also
gives handy info like percentage of body fat and BMI. The only
benefit the raw "weight" statistic has is its ease of measurement.
(I'm not much of a fan of BMI, either, for the same reason).

--
monique
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