the weirdest thing is that nothing provoked this, I AM JUST RANDOMLY UPSET ABOUT IT.

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Okay, will someone please explain to me what is misogynistic about Sex and the City?

(AND JUST TO CLARIFY: This is not a question of to watch or not to watch or good or not good. I think there are a thousand and one legitimate criticisms/reasons not to watch Sex and the City. I just can't wrap my head around how misogyny/sexism can be one of them. IF I AM BEING DENSE, PROVE ME WRONG.)

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I think that the stereotype thing would be a legitimate argument if we were watching a show about four Samanthas, or four Charlottes, or four Carries (or four Mirandas, but I honestly don't think there would be as many complaints if that was the show). I would have an issue with a show about four women who, like Charlotte, are on a quest for completion in the form of a husband. Or four women looking for sex but not love. Because either of those shows would be trying to make some kind of point about women. But as they are they balance each other's stereotypes out -- Samantha's laissez-faire attitude towards sex is kept in check by Carrie's practical romanticism, Charlotte's quest for the perfect husband and kids with him is countered by Miranda's cynicism. It's the character system of checks and balances. And furthermore, you're right when you say that they all grow into characters beyond the original stereotype they were picked to embody.

And I know I'm preaching to the converted and you're just playing devil's advocate. I just feel like every possible argument for actual sexism is fallacious once you've seen more than a handful of episodes.