April Kepner Sexuality Plan

I chose to make a sexuality plan for April Kepner, a female surgeon on the television show “Grey’s Anatomy.” April is a trauma surgeon, who is an extremely devout Christian, who grew up in an extremely conservative family on a farm in Ohio. She moved to Seattle in her mid-twenties to complete her residency and pursue her career as a surgeon.
Ethics

It is clear that April has lived a very sheltered life when her character is first introduced onto the show, “Grey’s Anatomy”. She is rather naïve to any evil in the world, consistently sees the good in everyone, and is extremely religious. From the beginning, it is apparent that her Christian faith impacts on all areas of her life, and she lives by the teachings of the faith. She is highly conservative,

April moves forward with Jackson, despite her skepticism, and they get married. The beginning of their relationship is sweet, happy, and for lack of better words, easy. The smoothness of the relationship continues until April comes pregnant and loses the child. They attend and complete couple’s therapy, which initially helps them both to be able to move past their miscarriage. If the two would have not attended therapy their relationship would not have survived, due to how hard it was on them both. Therapy was the only way April was able to open up to Jackson and express her feelings after the loss of their unborn child.
Sexual Behaviors

At the beginning, Jackson and April’s use protection (condoms) during intercourse. Jackson had sexual relations with other women before being with April, so he was patient, gentle, and encouraging with her during their first sexual encounters. It was not until after becoming married that they began to have sex without the use of protection. This was in hopes and attempts to start a family. It is made clear that the sexual encounters between the to were have always been because they truly love one another.
Factors Affecting