I had to watch a “Sex and the City” show for another class and I was surprised that instead of showing women in a light of power (which I thought the show was about) it showed these women still perplexed about dating the opposite gender (maybe not so unusual) but also letting it take up all their time. The whole show was about how to either think like a man sexually or how to get a man. And of course the language was explicit – which draws your interest away from changing the channel. I would say the realistic part was when these women got together for lunch and talked about their lives. “Many women share their personal feelings, experiences, fears and problems in order to know and be known by each other. In addition women talk about their lives and activities” (P.214). The audience was able to see the strong friendship ties that had developed between these women while they safely chatted about their lives and other things of interest to them. The group of friends showed the need to support one another in what might be a fun but yet difficult time in their lives. But honestly with a following as this show had couldn’t it have brought in some more positive attributes of a group of women friends supporting each other while living in a big city such as New York. I did not learn about any one of these women’s careers except the main character Carrie – who was a journalist and the narrator. I don’t remember hearing anything about long term goals. However I did learn about their taste in fashion and men. The way women are portrayed in the media is very important to the culture that’s watching and often reflects the history of its time period too. “The Media often represents girls and women as young, thin, beautiful, passive dependent and often incompetent” (p.259). I would say Sex and the City represented all of the above in just one episode. This show gives the impression that dating is the only interest in a single women’s world in our time period. Although I know this episode mimicked its title almost exactly, what’s wrong with showing women in a more positive light? Maybe my opinion only but I think Sex and the City might have set women back 100 years. No wonder America is not ready for a woman president with what the media is projecting.