Grey's Anatomy

There were a few subjects in that episode which pertained to what we have discussed in class. One of them had to do with the camping trip. I thought the small guy who obviously had never been camping before was pretty funny. When they were all leaving, he seemed so anxious to go. He got all his stuff together, pretended he knew what he was talking about, and even told his wife off for treating him like a child, after which he asked her to zip him up. That character shows the pressures of gender role playing. He probably has many good skills, but it was very important to him that people think he is good at camping, an activity that is widely considered manly. I have always thought camping was interesting in that aspect because many guys who would normally be considered manly would be completely out of their element when out in the wild. I would say that the character I was just describing is somewhat similar to Piggy. In a setting of just men, he is the one who portrays the feminine role, though he tries to be manly.
Another part of this episode that reminded me of previous class discussions was the trans gender husband. I remembered the article we read a few weeks ago, and how it described the internal struggle of people who want to change their sex. When asked if she was exited about having the penis removed, she replied that it was even more than mere excitement. It seemed that to her, it was not just a procedure, but that she was becoming who she really was.