Last weekend the New York Times ran a story about the way women Doctors are portrayed on TV.
Here's a quote from an "E.R" guy -

"The female physicians of E.R. are strong and complicated and we try to keep them complicated, said Jack Orman, an executive producer at E.R., But I don't know if they ever do show their empathetic side."

Do you think the portrayal of these characters is accurate?
Are the famale docs "too manly" when they are strong, assertive and emotionally distant, as the article suggested?

Usually, they keep up their strong fronts, but occasionally they show their softer, emotional sides.

Originally posted by TJL
Do you think the portrayal of these characters is accurate?
Are the famale docs "too manly" when they are strong, assertive and emotionally distant, as the article suggested?

I think they are portrayed fine. I don't think they are "too manly" at all. Not all women are emotional basket cases, just like not all men are emotionally distant.

If the article really did suggest the females characters are portrayed as too manly, then they are adhering to out-dated notions of gender roles and I suggest they come into the 21st century.