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The problem with the show is that it's focused purely on sex. If it mentions a person's career than that is immediately linked to the problems that the job causes in their sex life. Naturally the result is a show that appears to be woman-hating and man-hating and in fact person-hating because sex is fundamental to adult life but people generally accept it as one part of that life rather than their everything.
Carrie is the main character and as such I find her absolutely disgusting. She is presented as a neurotic, hopeless woman who is obsessed with her sex life and spares little thought for the people around her. She is financially a complete loser because all of her money is spent on frivolous consumer products. She constantly whines but worst of all she hangs around with people who, in reality she would dislike and vice versa. This is probably the biggest flaw... female friendship is mocked because the women have major character clashes that are simply washed over. Look at Charlotte and Samantha, there's always a tension between them in the show but they would never talk to one another in their everyday lives. Here the show becomes misogynistic because it makes an assumption about the female sex that is ridiculous, that having one thing in common- being single- is enough to remain friends and that thing unfortunately suggests a good amount dependence on men. Other women, the model who marries Mr. Big, have power but they are frowned upon and disliked by this merry band of friends. Thus the one design in the series to rival the sex obsession, the thing that according to fans is the best thing about it, female friendship is in my opinion vitally flawed. |
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