Fuck you, “The Doctors”

Just in time for the Friday-Feminist-Fuck-You, I found out, via Margaret Cho’s myspace, that she had recently done an episode for the show "The Doctors," a CBS show that is, not surprisingly, produced by Dr. Phil and his son. The episode that she did was all about the lovely little reproductive organ, the vagina.

Unfortunately, this clip is all we’ll ever see of the episode because, well, I’ll let Ms. Cho say it:

"You can imagine how disappointed I was to hear that the show was never aired because the powers that be at the networks thought that it was too racy! That is ludicrous and ignorant and perpetuates the ‘mystery’ of the vagina! How are we supposed to learn about our bodies if we aren’t even allowed to discuss them in detail? The show was set up so that women could talk to each other frankly about what is going on down there, and if we aren’t able to bring up the subject even in a medical context, when can we bring it up? I think it is a great disservice to women to silence us when we attempt to share truths about our bodies.

Are we supposed to believe that our bodies are somehow wrong and dirty and bad because we are female? This kind of thinking is archaic and misogynist. I expect better from the world, and certainly more from television. Turn the a/c off and turn your minds on!"

Emphasis mine.

So, Dr. Phil and all the other powers that be behind ‘The Doctors’, fuck you. Seriously, fuck you. This only perpetuates the idea that women’s bodies are disgusting, wrong and shameful, and further stigmatizes women’s medical treatment.

Oh, and another fuck you for having a plastic surgeon on your panel. Seriously??