Sex and the City Analysis

When television shows first came about, sex was a subject that was hardly ever brought. Shows did not even allude to the idea that their characters had sex. For example, shows would not say a woman was pregnant, or even allowed married couples to sleep in the same bed. Today, television shows rarely go one episode without showing some kind of sexual act. Sex plays a major role in television. Many people believe that sex sells and the more sex there is the higher the ratings.

One television show that changed women around the country and the way they felt about sex was Sex and the City. Sex and the City was a show based on the lives of four single girlfriends who lived in New York City. Carrie, the main character, writes a sex column about her daily relationship with men. Charlotte is the more reserved friend whose main concern is to get married and have a family. Samantha is the opposite of Charlotte. She is sleeps around with different men and doesn't want to be tied down. Maranda is the cynical friend who never wants to do things the traditional way.

Most women and their friends tried to identify themselves with those four characters. Out of all the characters, most women wanted to be like Carrie. Carrie's character had three major relationships through the run of the show. Carrie slept around but her sex scenes were not as graphic as Samantha's character. In season one we are introduced to "Mr. Big", who is Carrie's main weakness. She thinks they are in a committed relationship, but we learn he doesn't. She sleeps with him right away like she does with most of the guys she sleeps with. Throughout the seasons we see Carrie and Mr. Big cheat on their significant others with each other, meet up with each other for casual sex and eventually in the end wind up together.

Charlotte is the character who sleeps around the least. She is often teased by the other girls because she is not as open to sex. One time when they were sitting around eating lunch and Charlotte was discussing her divorce, the girls tell her the quickest way to get over someone is to sleep with someone else. They don't tell her to start dating and find a guy that would be suitable for her, instead the girls normalize sleeping around. However, Charlotte, like most women, wants sex to mean something. She is one of the only characters that really portrays most women in real life and what most women ideally want. Viewers do not see Charlotte sleeping around with as many men as the other characters, and the men she does have sex are the ones she is in a committed relationship with.

Samantha is the character who is the most open about sex. Almost in every episode she has sex with a different person with the exception of one minor relationship with Richard and her longer relationship with Smith. Also, Samantha's sex scenes feel as if you are watching a pornography movie. Samantha takes sex very lightly and feels women should sleep