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The Asian Media & Mass Communication Conference 2010 Osaka, Japan
In Episode 74: Piece of My Heart (minute of episode: 21:18—22:27), the safe sex message
perpetuated the danger of HIV/ AIDS and its consequences on human pregnancy. The lesson that
was conveyed to audience is HIV/ AIDS might be contracted even when they use condom for
protection. As what being portrayed in the episode, the condom was broken and had made the
women pregnant. Chances for the spouse and the unborn baby to be infected with HIV/AIDS
were great. Perhaps, this episode will be taken by the audience to practice safe sex.
In one episode of Grey’s Anatomy, there was a good example of safe sex messages where the
male character (playing as doctor) was infected by syphilis after having sex with a fictional
female nurse. In another episode (Grey’s Anatomy Season 1), there was a scene showing the
demonstration of wearing a condom. Ironically, the demonstration was done in front of all
medical staffs (doctors and nurses), although they are the group that should be more concerned
with the importance of condom usage. The scene with condom demonstration was actually
related to another variable of safe sex messages which is Sexual Precaution.
Visual:
Chief Webber asked Patricia to do a safe-sex demonstration. She demonstrated the
procedure of wearing a condom on a banana. The simulation was done among all medical
staffs including doctors and nurses.
Dialogue:
Chief Webber : Patricia will now give you a
safe-sex demonstration.
Members of the Floor : (Laughing hilariously)
Patricia : When the time is right, and,
gentlemen, you’ll all know
when that time is, carefully open the condom packet and
roll it on to the banana.
Derek : We should try and get down
to do the MRI now.
Chief Webber : This isn’t really a good time.
Derek : If you want to do this without
anybody else knowing, you
should do it now.
Patricia : Open communication is
essential to a healthy
relationship. In a responsible relationship…
Meredith : Poor George.
Christina : Yeah. You know, I think he
really likes Typhoid Mary.
Meredith : Well, not many budding
relationships survive a good
dose of VD.
Christina : Yeah.
Patricia : When the banana is
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