ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in this book. The book demonstrates that same-sex relationships displayed considerable markers of commonality with which heterosexuals could identify. <italics>Grey's Anatomy</italics>'s Callie and Arizona received support from government and their community through an elaborate wedding display that mirrored traditional heterosexual ceremonies. With almost every woman character, a heterosexual man acted as a societal surrogate and explicitly looked at them as objects. The book argues that this interaction creates a relationship where the straight man/societal surrogate is acting as voyeur to the objectified queer woman, and his gaze potentially cues viewers to look at the women in the same way. The book also shows how the couples maintained heteronormative standards through government, their daily roles, appearances and depictions of sex. Although most heterosexual relationships and families have never looked like the ideal 1950s family, there is still a nostalgia for its "rightness" and, thus, its comfort.
