Television plays a very important role in the way that perceive things. From the news, reality shows, and just regular drama tv shows they all have an impact on socialization. One of the most popular television shows on right now is the medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” which is mostly about a group of surgeons and their lives. This show portrays women in a very significant way compared to other tv shows. In the very popular series of “Grey’s Anatomy” the characters have changed over the twelve released seasons. There are too many main characters to count, however, the show is mostly about a woman named Meredith Grey. When the show started there were just as many male characters as female. Now, as time has went by, it seems like the female
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Meredith, who the show is named after was only an intern. In the beginning it was almost like the women were not taken as seriously, and that the men would always be better surgeons. All of the women seemed to be working under men. However, as time went by this changed, a lot. Now all of the category chiefs of surgery such as neuro, cardio, general, ortho are women. One thing that was a big deal was when the chief of surgery who is over the whole entire hospital retired it became a African American woman. A quote from the show that was found in one article shows a perfect example of the women 's’ attitudes when one of the women doctors says “oh screw beautiful. I’m brilliant. If you want to appease me, compliment my brain”(E., 1970). All of the women on the show have very strong willed attitudes, and they are treated just as equally as the men. As one article state, “the figures of Grey’s Anatomy are generally of the female anatomy, where their bodies are tools for medicine instead of just tools for men (“The Anatomy of Grey’s Anatomy,” 2013). They tell the men what to do most of the time, and most of the time the men listen to them. One thing that it shown in the show is that the main character Meredith Grey is the mother of three children. The television series shows over time that it is possible for women to have a crazy job such as being a surgeon and still be able to be an outstanding
Meredith, who the show is named after was only an intern. In the beginning it was almost like the women were not taken as seriously, and that the men would always be better surgeons. All of the women seemed to be working under men. However, as time went by this changed, a lot. Now all of the category chiefs of surgery such as neuro, cardio, general, ortho are women. One thing that was a big deal was when the chief of surgery who is over the whole entire hospital retired it became a African American woman. A quote from the show that was found in one article shows a perfect example of the women 's’ attitudes when one of the women doctors says “oh screw beautiful. I’m brilliant. If you want to appease me, compliment my brain”(E., 1970). All of the women on the show have very strong willed attitudes, and they are treated just as equally as the men. As one article state, “the figures of Grey’s Anatomy are generally of the female anatomy, where their bodies are tools for medicine instead of just tools for men (“The Anatomy of Grey’s Anatomy,” 2013). They tell the men what to do most of the time, and most of the time the men listen to them. One thing that it shown in the show is that the main character Meredith Grey is the mother of three children. The television series shows over time that it is possible for women to have a crazy job such as being a surgeon and still be able to be an outstanding