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Old Tue, Jul-25-17, 21:21
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In the 1980s, pregnant woman over 35 were recorded as having "senile pregnancies"
Is that true? I know they're just called geriatric pregnancies, but senile is always in reference to the loss of mental faculties, no?

Either way, geriatric pregnancy is already pretty plenty depressing.

Morbid obesity doesn't bother me as a medical term at all however. There are some consequences due to being off-the-charts fat, and the fact that morbid obesity is a term in common usage, and that there is a formula used to standardize results of larger populations and to indicate something on a chart that specifically correlates to that category, is frankly the least upsetting thing about being overweight to me. I certainly never would have attributed the word 'punitive' to to describe the phrase.

Why would "morbid obesity" be more standout, or more punitive, than "terminal cancer"? Neither are attributing blame or punishment. They're just descriptors. I have no doubt that in all cases, they are descriptors that we don't like. But they're still just descriptors.
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