Medical Malpractice Dyke

Fascinated by House MD as a time-capsule encapsulation of mid-20aughts gender politics. in the sense that it is A) deeply, deeply misogynistic, B) surprisingly okay with gay people when depicted, C) obsessed with male-male relationships so intense that they verge on homoeroticism, and D) believes that the best way to defang C while synthesizing A and B is a sense of ironic detachment wherein any two men who are sufficiently close must constantly reference the possibility of their own gayness as a joke in order to establish that while gay people exist, the very idea of these two specific men being gay is so impossible as to be mocked as ridiculous. No homo via joke homo. The overwhelming sense is that the writers belive that neither House nor Wilson is capable of ever having a successful relationship with a woman or really anyone at all besides each other, but also the idea that House and Wilson could be gay is really funny and anyone who believes that is stupid, which must be reinforced by referencing it constantly. The queerbait of a bygone era.

I keep seeing the opinion that cuddy is "the normal one." WHAT. In the episode I watched last night she replaced house's vicodin with laxatives WHILE HE WAS ON THE JOB. SHES INSANE.

Also I forgot that later in this episode she makes house delay treatment on their DYING patient with mirror syndrome (imitates whoever he identifies as the dominant personality in the room) so the two of them can stand in front of him and argue over who's more dominant. Then when the patient tells her she has great boobs (implying he's mirroring house) she's like. WELL THAT COULD STILL BE ME. I LOVE MY BOOBS. While the majority of her employees are watching from outside. LOVE HER!!!!