Grey's Anatomy Gender

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Grey’s Anatomy, portrays female characters with more complex and realistic gender roles than those typically portrayed in mass media. The television drama, prominently features strong female characters with demanding individual and professional aspirations, which is a progressive portrayal of female characters. Maranda Bailey (chief of surgery), Callie Torres (head of orthopedics), and Maggie Pierce (head of cardiothoracic) are all women of color. Arizona Robbins (head of fetal) is a lesbian and Callie is bisexual. Meredith Grey (head of general surgery) is a single mom, and Amelia Shepard (head of neurosurgery) is a now clean addict. The feminist fantasy of the hospital-centered world of Grey’s manifests itself in multiple ways. In its early

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