Since Grey's Anatomy first premiered in 2005 I have been a religious follower. Like most medical drama's the show has more to do with the characters personal lives then it does actual medicine, but if you ask me, that's what makes it interesting. Last night's episode, entitled "An Honest Mistake" many signs of femininity and masculinity are show. The night starts off with Derek (Patrick Dempsey) realizing that he will once again have to operate on a neurological patient that has been in the ICU for weeks now. The twist is, that the patient is also pregnant. Luckily, top notch neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) shows up from Los Angeles to save the day. Interestingly enough, Addison is Derek's divorcee. The two end up in the same operating room along side Meredith (Ellen Pompeo), Derek's current girlfriend. The mother's vitals begin to drop and it will be too late to save the mother, but the baby on the other hand has a chance at living. Addison tells Derek to put down the scalpel so that she can deliver the baby via c-section. Derek puts up a fight, telling Addison that she needs to not tell him what to do and to not touch his patient. Derek shows masculinity by believing that he is the "alpha male" in the operating room. Next, Addison tells Meredith to get Derek to stop. If you ask me this is showing the naive portrayal of what television deems femininity to be, dependent on others.
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