![]() ![]() Instead it perpetuated body terrorism against fat bodies to score cheap laughs. However, calling out fatphobic myths was obviously not the game’s aim. The one thing this particular round of Family Feud does correctly is summarize many of the unfortunate myths our society perpetuates about fat people - specifically, fat men - and relationships. My sister tagged me in this post knowing my background in fat studies and sexuality studies (and as a fat masculine person), knowing I would agree with her frustrations. “This really bothers me! This is why people think you have to be skinny/fit to be beautiful, to be wanted, to be loved, and to deserve anything…this is NOT OKAY!” It was quite the opposite: my sister was angry at the round’s subject and the answers given. The contestants’ answers end up providing a humorous round in the minds of the contestants, Steve Harvey, and presumably the audience.īut my sister didn’t share this video on her Facebook page to garner laughs from her friends and family. ![]() On the episode she recorded, host and comedian Steve Harvey asks the contestants to answer a rather loaded statement: “Name a reason a woman might decide to be with a chubby man.” About a month ago, one of my sisters tagged me in a video she recorded of Family Feud, a game show where two families compete for a cash prize by trying to find the most popular answers to a variety of questions.
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