ACCORDING TO TEACHERS,
MORE AND MORE YOUNG GIRLSARE STARVING THEMSELVES
AND OVER-EXERCISINGBECAUSE THEIR BOYFRIENDS
WANT THEM TO HAVEPORN STAR BODIES.
BUT THAT'SAN UNOBTAINABLE BODY IMAGE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE EITHERA 14-YEAR-OLD ASIAN GIRL
OR YOU'RE NOT.
NOW CLEARLY THE WAY WOMENVIEW THEIR BODIES
IS A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC.
AND WHENEVER A TOPIC IS TOOSENSITIVE TO MAKE A JOKE ABOUT,
WE MAKE A BUNCHOF JOKES ABOUT IT
IN A SEGMENT WE CALL"SACRED COW."
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THIS WEEK,WE CHOSE FEMALE BODY IMAGE.
NOW CAN YOU DISCUSSFEMALE BODY IMAGE
WITHOUT BEING INSULTINGAND DEGRADING?
OF COURSE NOT.ENJOY.
NOW, DOCTOR, WHAT IS YOUR NAME,AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
- I AM DR. JORDANA MANSBACHER,
AND I AM A LICENSED THERAPIST.
- WHY DO YOU THINK SO MANYWOMEN HAVE BODY IMAGE ISSUES?
- THERE IS CULTURAL PRESSURE,THERE'S MEDIA PRESSURE,
TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY,
AND THEN THERE'S THAT THINKING
THAT IF I LOOKTHAT CERTAIN WAY,
MY LIFE IS GONNABE PERFECT.
- YEAH, WOMEN ARE NUTS,RIGHT?
HOW DO YOU TELLONE OF YOUR PATIENTS
THAT THEY'VE GAINED BACKTOO MUCH WEIGHT?
- I NEVER TELL MY PATIENTS
THEY'VE GAINED BACKTOO MUCH WEIGHT.
- DO YOU EVER, LIKE,SEND THEM A CARD THAT SAYS,
"YOU'VE GOTTEN FAT AGAIN,"OR...
- NO, I WANTTO DECREASE THE EMPHASIS
ON WHAT SOMEONE LOOKS LIKE.
THAT'S MY JOB.
- SO YOU WOULD NEVERBE LIKE,
"HEY, FATTY-FAT-FAT-FAT,
HOW'D YOU GET SO FAT?"
YOU WOULD NEVER KIND OFGO THAT ROUTE?
MAKE IT FUN?
- NO, I WOULD NEVERMAKE IT FUN.
- NOW WHAT PARTDOES THE MEDIA PLAY
IN MAKING WOMEN OBSESSEDABOUT THEIR BODIES?
- THE AVERAGE MODEL IS 5'11"AND WEIGHS 114 POUNDS.
- THERE YOU GO.
- AND YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN
ARE SEEING THATON MAGAZINE PAGES,
AND THEY'RE THINKINGTHAT THAT'S NORMAL.
- WELL, YOU CAN'TSTOP PROGRESS.
- THAT'S PROGRESS?- YEAH.
- WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE,
SINCE YOU'RE NOT HAPPYIN THIS BODY?
- I THINK I'M NAILING IT.I THINK WE'RE BOTH NAILING IT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND MESAYING SO.
NOW, UH, NEXT I'M GOING TO TALKTO AN ANOREXIC GIRL.
IS THERE ANYTHINGTHAT I SHOULDN'T SAY TO HER?
- YOU SHOULD AVOID TALKINGABOUT HER APPEARANCE.
- SO YOU HAVEAN EATING DISORDER.
MOST WOMENWITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM
JUST SLEEPWITH A BUNCH OF GUYS.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO THAT?
- YOU CAN DO BOTH.
- THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.GREAT, GREAT.
CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU?
THERE'S NOTHING WRONGWITH YOU.
YOU ARE PERFECT,
OTHER THAN MENTALLY.
SO WHAT IS YOUR NAME,AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
- MY NAME IS MARIAH,AND I'M A COSMETOLOGIST.
- WHY DO YOU THINK THE GIRLS
WITH A LITTLE MEATON THEIR BONES
ARE SO MUCH HAPPIERTHAN SKINNY GIRLS?
- WE'RE WAY MORE HAPPIERBECAUSE WE'RE FULL.
- DO YOU PREFER THE TERM"CHUBBY," "FULL-FIGURED,"
OR "BEST VALUE"?
- BEST VALUE.
- THAT'S A GOOD ONE.- IT IS.
- WHAT'S THE MOST HURTFULFAT JOKE THAT YOU'VE EVER HEARD?
LET ME GIVE YOUSOME EXAMPLES.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN A FATPERSON HAS STOPPED EATING?
- HOW?- YOU JUST READ THEIR OBITUARY.
- [laughs]
- KNOCK, KNOCK.- WHO'S THERE?
- OBESITY.- OBESITY WHO?
- IT'S NOT A JOKE,IT'S A WAKE-UP CALL.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
- [laughs]
- TELL ME YOU JUSTGOT HIT BY A CAR.
- I JUST GOT HIT BY A CAR.
- OH, MY GOD,IS THE CAR OKAY?
- [laughs]
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOUSO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, MARIAH.
YOU HAVEA GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU ARE MORBIDLY AWESOME.
- [laughs]
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- THANK YOU.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITHJOHN MULANEY AND T.J. MILLER.
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