Lois seems to think Peter is idiotic when he tries to give himself a breast exam after he discovers his feminine side. However, it really is possible for men to get breast cancer.
The title is based on a line from the 1972 song "I Am Woman" written (collaborating with Ray Burton) and sung by Helen Reddy which reached number one on the Billboard charts in December 1972.
The episode "I am Peter, Hear me Roar" was originally written to be about Peter starting his own newspaper.
When Peter falls from the tree, he's told "Now that you felt a woman's pain... the healing can begin. " This is a reference to a line Bill Cosby said in his "Bill Cosby Himself " stand up, when he describes what labor pains feel like
Music from this episode is featured on the CD soundtrack album "Family Guy - Movement 1".