Thursday, September 29, 2005
Dr. Bennett fights back: "They picked the wrong guy because I am not going away; I will not shut up."
"Bennett has been accused of telling a female patient that she was fat and if her overweight husband died, no one would want her except maybe a black man. Bennett denies saying anything about a black man, but freely admits he talked to her about her weight and the potential health complications of obesity.
'The AG story about racism is a deliberate campaign to discredit me, and it’s lies,' said Bennett. 'The original agreement that they wanted me to sign said I was disrespectful, not racial. They made that up as it went along, after I went public.'"
There is now a website supporting Dr. Bennett. The following cartoon is from that website:
"Bennett has been accused of telling a female patient that she was fat and if her overweight husband died, no one would want her except maybe a black man. Bennett denies saying anything about a black man, but freely admits he talked to her about her weight and the potential health complications of obesity.
'The AG story about racism is a deliberate campaign to discredit me, and it’s lies,' said Bennett. 'The original agreement that they wanted me to sign said I was disrespectful, not racial. They made that up as it went along, after I went public.'"
There is now a website supporting Dr. Bennett. The following cartoon is from that website:
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Bennett's full of crap if he's now denying his unsolicited dating advice.
He's on the records as having defended his remark about not only the "wrong sort" of men could be attracted to his hypothically widowed, hypothetically interested in dating again patient, but also , according to this CNN article, "Bennett denied any wrongdoing and defended his message to her, saying he has read polls that say black men prefer overweight women."
He's on the records as having defended his remark about not only the "wrong sort" of men could be attracted to his hypothically widowed, hypothetically interested in dating again patient, but also , according to this CNN article, "Bennett denied any wrongdoing and defended his message to her, saying he has read polls that say black men prefer overweight women."
Granted, maybe Dr. Bennett was crass and misguided in giving dating advice, but the more important thing to note is that it sure sounds like he gave some good, credible advice.
Maybe he was just trying to use shock value to get patient to lose weight.
Nice website!
Interesting articles.
Connie
www.SugarShockBlog.com
Maybe he was just trying to use shock value to get patient to lose weight.
Nice website!
Interesting articles.
Connie
www.SugarShockBlog.com
This is getting funnier and funnier (well, maybe not for Dr Bennett...). I agree that dating advice was inappropriate and rude, not to mention stupid: if a woman doesn't loose weight because of how she looks in the mirror or because of her health she is really unlikely to do it for a hypothetical situation that may or may not occur in a distant future - but the board investigation and the court's involvement is ridiculous. If she was upset, she should've really just found another doctor and told her friends not to use this one. She could've simply said "thanks for the dating advice, I'll be sure to contact you when or if I need it" or "I'd appreciate if you keep to medical advice since my personal life is none of your business", "not that it any of your business, but what is wrong with dating a black man" or "at least I am currently married unlike some of my slim friends" whatever. This is what my mom (who is overweight-borderline obese, but 70 is hardly an age to start loosing weight) would do, although she would've probably thought of a funnier retort.
What next? A made-for-TV movie about this whole situation?
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What next? A made-for-TV movie about this whole situation?
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