I was watching Scrub clips on YouTube and one of them is when Eliot showed a Make-A-Wish kid her boobs. This brought up a couple clips from various medical shows with this same scenario. It's played up as harmless and even a good thing. But it's always a female doctor and a boy, never a male doctor and a girl patient. Why the double standard?
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In media, boys older than about 10 are sometimes (often) depicted as horndogs, wanting to get the goods (sex, drugs, thrills), but obviously not at an age to pursue them.
Throwing the boys a bone with flashing is a pretty brief, easy way to signal a woman's confidence in herself and willingness to share the goods.
Young girls are depicted liking pretty boys, or muscular men later on. There's not much a man can "flash" besides valuable objects to portray his ability to share (provide) what a girl wants.
Still, there is an issue of appropriateness. Does flashing signal sexual interest? Is it harmful to the recipient? The Hollywood consensus says it's fine, so that's that.
And for men? ... *cue "FBI open up" soundbite*