I was off today and watching todays show. They were interviewing Craig Kilborn. They showed a picture of him playing a male nurse on a soap opera and then Joy Behar wanted to ask him about his love life and had to point out that Craig was "the opposite of a male nurse" - (as she put it - Hunky and straight)... I know it is just one little slight... one among many according to the thread I listed above. They just seem to enjoy trying to stereotype nursing.
Did anyone every officially hear back to them in the letters that were written in that other thread?
I would rather be in a Code Brown than watch "The View."
LOL!
I'd like to see a group of male nurses stake out the show and go in to be part of the audience, then grandly unfurl banners and stage a protest. That's about the only way you'd get me to watch that show again. I watched Star Jones molest one-too-many male superstars for my liking, Meredith Viera makes my skin crawl, and Joy is NOT FUNNY. I'm ashamed of Barbara Walters for even indulging these women. I didn't even realize it was still on the air!!
There is a reason I only watch TV on Thursday nights. Now I remember what it is.
As a female nurse married to a male nurse, all I can say is Brehar should only be so lucky. He's ex-law enforcement so his "manlyness" is not the issue. He is a caring, sensitive & wonderful husband & father.
Well, look at it from another perspective. A soap opera had a nurse who happens to be a male on it. I think it is cool and very 21st Century. The view might be full of over the hill, loud mouthed, boring women but it sounds like the soaps are in step with the times. I don't usually watch soap but I might tune into see this cute guy.
I don't think it is the fact that he played a male nurse - that wouldn't matter one bit of course. It was Joy's comment - the stereotype she made about a male nurse not being "Hunky and Straight". Just ANOTHER slam by this group, towards the nursing profession.
Joy Behar is the last person i'll ever tune into for an opinion. It's also the one page i rip out of my Good Housekeeping magazine without reading because from what i did read, half of it is her attempt in being funny (failed) and the rest lacks advice that she's supposed to be dishing. That woman to me is like cat claws on a blackboard.
NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN
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LOL!
I'd like to see a group of male nurses stake out the show and go in to be part of the audience, then grandly unfurl banners and stage a protest. That's about the only way you'd get me to watch that show again. I watched Star Jones molest one-too-many male superstars for my liking, Meredith Viera makes my skin crawl, and Joy is NOT FUNNY. I'm ashamed of Barbara Walters for even indulging these women. I didn't even realize it was still on the air!!
There is a reason I only watch TV on Thursday nights. Now I remember what it is.