Subject: men, the bastards
From: Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 03:44:41 GMT
'... My perspective on self-mutilation is that it is
the manifestation of, or reaction against, the poisons
of society ...'
Well, Cheryl, 'the poisons of society' emit a find
windy reverberation when struck with sufficient
indignation. As do: '... misogyny and objectification
of women ... in the media and in daily life ...'
I'm a doctor, not a social engineer. And my poor
naive patients are, of course, unaware of the true nature
of their victimhood. In their innocence, they're more
concerned with what went on - or didn't go on -
within the stockade of their families. And that,
in turn, seemed more the result of dad's drinking or
mum's chilly control - than the number of copies of
Cosmo scattered over the living room.
Whether you like or not, most scratched wrists
belong to 15-25 year old females - hence the 'girlish'.
Most scratched wrists have the purpose of drawing
attention rather than of self-destruction - hence
the 'hysterical'. Both are quite respectable English
words conveying a clear meaning to most readers.
And no, there's nothing recent about anorexia nervosa.
It was already the great focus of our attention when,
in 1961, I was appointed Senior Registrar to the London
Child Guidance Training Centre - four decades ago.
Those were the days when Gina & Sophia ruled the camera
lenses.
Scottie B.
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