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My friend Adam sent me taped episodes of Sopranos season six, so I am all caught up. More on that later. Some spoilers in this post so be aware.

In one scene, possibly in episode five, Tony Soprano is walking along in a hospital corridor with his IV, trying to recuperate after being shot in the gut by his uncle. A nurse comes up to him and lets him know he has a phone call from a doctor or an associate. It is a very short scene lasting only a few seconds. The thing is that the nurse in this short scene was a guy and he informed Soprano in just about the most effeminate way possible. I really thought it was the blonde guy from Queer Eye playing this character. Later, they show another guy nurse in the background wearing some flowered shirt.

I remember a commercial a couple of years ago that took place in an operating room. They were trying to resuscitate a piece of pizza or something. It had a guy nurse character again wearing a flowered shirt.  He was trying to put the defibrillator pads onto the piece of pizza or whatever it was that was on the table. Apparently, it was too much for him because he fainted, eyes rolling into the back of his head, a hefty sigh, and arms flailing in dramatic fashion.

First off, I almost never see a guy nurse wearing a flowered scrub top.  Second, male nurses aren’t a bunch of sissies. I’ve known quite a few guy RNs in the hospital. A few were gay/effeminate, but the great majority were just regular guys doing a job. They had wives and kids. Some were hounds like you would find anywhere. Some take care of kids or even pregnant women. They weren’t sissies.

There are six guys in my nursing class ranging in ages from mid 40’s to early 20’s. A couple are married and none are sissies. I have friends that go back several classes and all were just regular guys that didn’t fan their faces to thwart a fainting spell when the going got tough.

There are effeminate male nurses out there. I say, to each their own. I support people however they are within reason. I’m a pretty liberal guy. But to label such a large group is wrong. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m Jewish or Egyptian. Why? Not that I have anything against Jews or Egyptians, but I am not in one of those groups. Don’t put me in them erroneously.

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