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