Grey’s Anatomy allows the characters to step out of the gender norms and boundaries by breaking common expectations created by our society. The portrayal of women as surgeons on the show expresses these women as being highly educated and intelligent. In today’s society, women are normally expected and perceived as possessing more “soft” or “nurturing” jobs such as stay at home mothers, teachers, and nurses. However, for these intriguing characters, they have attained the status of a surgeon or even Chief of Surgery, while possessing the same or even better surgical and communication skills than the male surgeons. Women are being portrayed as equally knowledgeable as men. The way in which the women present themselves on the show differs from
