(Person) Percentage - Sabanci University Research Database

The Asian Media & Mass Communication Conference 2010 Osaka, Japan
In Episode 24: Break on Through (minute of episode: 36:30—37:48), the intimate touching
element was tagged after it involved physical contact among the characters (male and female
characters). Although it had not resulted in any other further sexual behaviors, the scene where
Derek touched Meredith’s hand and let her to lean on his shoulder was categorized as intimate
touching.
The next variable that fall under same category is the Sexual Intercourse Strongly Implied. For
this type of scene, the researcher had observed sexual scenes from Grey’s Anatomy that
contained the sexual intercourse which clearly portrayed male and female characters having sex
on a bed. In Grey’s Anatomy, some common places were spotted for the sexual intercourse
scenes were in on-call room, medical exam room for patients, and at the male or female
characters’ house.
Visual:
Dr Mark Sloan and Dr Callie Torres were having sex in the on-call room. Mark was
clearly seen to be on top of Callie. He tried to bring her attention to fantasize about Erica
(a newly appointed fellow attending of Seattle Grace Hospital) to join in the intercourse.
It could be seen indirectly when Mark was having sex with Callie and how she reacted
during climax.
Dialogue:
Mark : It’s just you and me and Erica. And we’re
grabbing you, ripping off your clothes.
Callie : A-huh…
Mark : And then you’re naked. You’re so hot. And
naked… And then
Erica starts kissing you.
Callie : Hold on a minute.
Mark : Above your head. And then I watch as she
uses one finger…
Callie : Hold on a minute! Okay, I’m sorry, ‘cause
that was good for me… that was really,
really good for me. Good boy. But I have a big trauma coming in
downstairs, so, um, we’re going to have to do this the fast way, okay?
Mark : (Smiling and continue the intercourse)
In Episode 77: Freedom, Part 1 (minute of episode: 06:06—06:55), the sexual intercourse
strongly implied was tracked in the episode when it involved two characters (male and female)
having sex. It showed directly to the audience the position of the male character who was on top
of his sex partner. No metaphors were used to portray the intercourse scene and it should be
considered as obscenity for this study.
Slightly different in meaning, the Sexual Intercourse Depicted is another variable that was
applied in this study. As suggested by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in Sex on TV4,
2005 research, sexual intercourse depicted involved a situation where two characters just had
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