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sex. It is usually portrayed in the series when two naked (or covered by a blanket) male and
female characters were lying in bed—for certain scenes, they were still awake or about to sleep
after having sex. From the findings, the sexual intercourse depicted scenes in Grey’s Anatomy
always occurred when two characters just had sex on bed and were about to put on their clothes.
Sometimes, it also happened in the supply closet at the hospital—an unbelievable place for a
decent human being to express intimate feelings.
Visual:
Derek and Meredith had sex after they met at the bar. The scene started showing
Meredith slept on the couch naked while Derek slept on the floor next to her. Meredith
grabbed a blanket from Derek to cover herself and she woke Derek up by throwing a
pillow at him.
Narration:
(Women voice) The game. They say a person either has what it takes to play or they
don’t. My mother was one of the greats. Me on the other hand… I’m kind of screwed.
Dialogue:
Derek : (Grunts) This is, uh…
Meredith : Humiliating on so many levels. You
have to go.
Derek : Why don’t you come back here, and
we’ll pick up where
we left off?
Meredith : No seriously. You have to go. I’m
late. Which isn’t what
you want to be on your first day of
work, so…
Derek : So, uh, you actually live here.
Meredith : No.
Derek : No.
Meredith : Yes. Kind of.
Derek : Oh.
In Episode 1: A Hard Day’s Night (minute of episode: 00:04—01:02), the scene was
categorized as sexual intercourse depicted after it portrayed two couple who just had sex instead
of showing the moment of them having sex. Audience would interpret such scene as sexual
intercourse depicted depended on the condition of characters who was seen topless and still in
bed covered with blanket.
The Portrayal of Safe Sex Messages: Learning While Watching
The final observation for this study is to justify the portrayal of safe sex messages. The main
objective of safe sex messages is to promote a safe sex lifestyle by using protection especially
condoms. This effort was done to promote the audience to use protection in order to avoid the
infection of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) such as syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV/ AIDS
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