Dr. Elizabeth Comen
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I mean, I think it's really sad that, and also in medical school, we don't have, I certainly didn't.
I don't, I mean, maybe you did in the field of gynecology, but there was no real demonstration of anatomical variety.
A little bit.
Not in medical school.
There was one little paint model who had... And so even the doctors, like if you have a patient coming to you, you...
What knowledge do you have from pornography, right?
And so it's really terrifying how many women are mutilating their bodies, potentially getting it from people that are not reputable, having significant dysfunction later on in life.
And again, I'm all for people doing what they want to do to feel good about their bodies.
Just be informed about where you're getting your information, what and who are giving you the pressure to do it, and then deciding what choices you want to make for your body.
What is bicycle face?
Oh, bicycle face.
So this is real, okay?
So we both love to work out, but I will tell you, when I was researching the history of women in exercise, this is the most bonkers thing.
So at the turn of the 19th century, there was the rise of the bicycle, right?
And what did the bicycle do?
The bicycle gave you mobility from your home, right?
And that meant if women were riding by themselves...
They didn't need a chaperone.
They could go freely from the home.
It also became the symbol of the suffragist movement and the women's right to vote.