“…is based more on ideas of what is masculine and what is not than any objective assessment of sexual life styles. If a man has ‘feminine’ traits, such as empathy and caring, they are assumed to be gay.”
Most male nurses believe that they are not fairly represented by the media.
3.1.2 Visual Language
In the majority of pictures male nurses were seen as:
– Solitary figures
– In blue “Scrubs”
– Caring or sympathetic