Too Much Sex IN the City

After hearing the presentation about Sex and the City I think there is a large aspect of it’s impact on society that may have been skipped over. (I say may because of the time shortage). While Sex and the City did open a door for “liberating” women and hopefully working toward less of a double standard, it also broke down all morally straight foundation that may have been set for the younger population of viewers. Girls in high school idolize these women, and as far as I am concerned, that may be the end to any sort of independence from men. Women do not need to have a husband or significant other that they constantly tend to, but these women drag it to a completely different form of dependence on men. The concept of showing successful, independent, childless women could have been a great start toward refining the female image, but instead 16 year old girls have Samantha listed as the Sex and the City Character most like them.

While the glamorization of this constant party life was lightly addressed in the presentation, this group of women are conveying a lifestyle that is really not realistic, feasible, or healthy. Not to say the producers weren’t successful, it is far more entertaining to watch a woman under the influence of god knows what, taking a different man home every night over the daily life of the Cleaver Family; not to mention...the show title is Sex and the City...not Women and the City!