Sex in the City

No I haven't gone to see this movie and don't intend to for fear that the estrogen in the theater would be so abundant that I might actually start mensturating.

Every chick I know has been planning to see this movie like it was their freakin' wedding day...I don't get it? Are the characters really that identifiable for most women?
 
I don't know what the allure is. Maybe it's the female version of why some men go nuts over Rambo. Or maybe it's that many women are too stupid to realize they're being manipulated into thinking that a fictional foursome of trampiness is the "cool" thing to appreciate and emulate.
 
Do women emulate Sex in the City anymore (or less?) than men emulate Rambo or Johnny Wad Holmes?

Women shopping, wearing nice clothes, going to great bars and cafes and dating/bedding steamy guys =

Men bulking up on the muscle, readying weapons, kicking ***, blowing **** up and bedding hot women?

To each...
 
Man I swear last night, downtown, there was like 5,000 chicks all running in packs standing around the theater to watch this movie.

While i wont watch the movie i can appreciate something that brings so many hot chicks together, even if they are shallow
 
I am in NYC living in "the city". Yall think its bad down there, try coming up here for an evening.
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I dont know what the fuss is about but i guess as some of you stated it earlier, its their version of Rambo/Rocky.
 
Let me elaborate on Love in the ATX's post.

We love SatC because at heart, not only do we know those women, we ARE those women. Every single woman alive is at least a part of each of the four characters, to varying degrees. It isn't only that they aren't afraid to talk about sex, it's that they aren't afraid to confront each other about sex and other facets of life that many women have always just kept quiet about. And they empower each other.

When I first watch the TV show, I saw four women who sat around and whined because they didn't have a man in their life. But the more I watched, the more I realized that these are women who have found their greatest strength in each other, and that gave them the ability to deal with the **** that men dump on women.

As Big said to Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha in the season finale: "You three are the loves of her life. A guy is lucky just to come in fourth."

That the women can find fulfillment in their relationships with other women speaks volumes. And being there for each other made it possible to work through the problems that each have/had with their men in their lives.

I don't expect men to understand the SatC phenomenon. But I, as a woman, am glad that Hollywood is recognizing that we -- women -- need each other, and that we can benefit from this type of story-telling. So what if it's above most men's level of understanding?

And guys, if you don't want to see the movie, don't. It wasn't made for you, anyway. It's a chick thing -- you wouldn't understand.
 
The Rocky/Rambo comparison is terrible, as those movies did not make guys freak out the way girls are freaking out right now over Sex in the City.

Maybe Star Wars or something like that is more apt.
 
SML,

Good point about the degree of enthusiasm, although men and women show enthusiasm differently.

Maybe the way men get involved in sports is an apt comparison? I doubt women fans get more worked up about Sex in the City than male fans do about their teams (in both cases there are people who couldn't care less, too).

Both events are very gender centered, neither Sex in the City nor sports are inaccessible to the other gender.

I like the TV version of Sex in the City. I don't go out of my way to watch it, but I like it when I do. It is wrong for people who have not watched it to characterize it as sluts in the city or call the characters whores. The women represent a spectrum of sexual activity from genuinely shy to unashamedly promiscuous. The same spectrum you find in men. (This paragraph is not addressed specifically to SML, btw)
 
I find one thing interesting about the evolution of feminism and female equality.

When you look at patriarchal cultures with limited rights granted to women, you see women dressed in unflattering clothes and promoting chastity as their most valuable attribute. As you move to cultures with more feminine equality, you notice female mores trend towards higher acceptance of sexually provocative subjects and attire.

Men obviously don’t care if any woman looks at him as a sex object. All the better! Are empowered women starting to develop this same attitude?
 
madscientist,

That's not what I meant, and I think you know it, because you are a really smart guy. But until you ARE a woman, you cannot understand what it means to BE a woman. (Doesn't matter how in touch you are with your "feminine side" either, although gay men understand better than straight men because they face some similar sexual double standards.) The sexual playing field has been tilted in the favor of men for generations: a man who beds a lot of women is a stud and is greatly admired, but a woman who beds alot of men is a slut and is scorned. Why is this? Why shouldn't women be able to enjoy the same sexual freedom as men?

It seems that most men want to marry virgins, but none want to leave any.
 
IMO, neither men NOR women should think slutty, one-night-stand behavior to be appropriate. To each his or her own, but to defend and justify it because society treats "slutty" men and women different is a fallacy.

Neither sex should be rewarded for this kind of behavior.
 
I'm neither defending nor justifying slutty behavior. But you cannot deny that society views this behavior differently depending on gender. It may not be right, but it's true.
 
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