Sexism and the City

Posted By: parrotflower@yahoo.com @ 06/18/2008 12:48:10 PM

Comment: (Con't)
Just fodder for the plot machine, or is the secret message of "Sex" you can't get what you want? What you want isn't what

you really want? I'm tired of that patronizing old line.

Men have good reason to be wary of this movie. How many women proclaiming that they're "a Carrie" or a "Samantha"

have used it as a reason to behave poorly, like relationship kamakazes on their path to fulfill a new stereotype of glamor

that parades around in equally emotionally crippling chains as the old stereotypes? Young women who have never even

dated are spouting negative images of men and relationships as though they were bitter divorcee's.

Why are we talking about this instead of the fact that women still make 76 cents on the dollar for the same job as men

and one presential candidate had gone on record not supporting a bill that would make it easier for us to sue for

discrimination that we find out about after it's occured? What about Title X's blatant misuse, and the fact that young

women are becoming pregnant or infected at higher rates than before the AIDs scare because of a sexual policy

counter-revolution?

They are real battles for feminism right now. Harping shrilly on platforms with shaky bases, especially ones that even on

the surface seem superficial, is giving anti-feminists lots of examples of their stereotypes of feminists and women: illogical,

shrewish, over-emotional with no real complaints.

Posted By: parrotflower@yahoo.com @ 06/18/2008 12:47:51 PM

Comment: I guess it's difficult for the writer of this article to think outside the stereotypes that litter the emotional landscape of "Sex in

the City" more than pairs of expensive shoes, and realize that many men have ideological or personal experiences that

would make them reject the movie, just as many women have. "Sex in the City" the TV show vacillated between a

sexed-up version of "Girl Power" and a damaging game of gender politics. "Independence" is cast as sexual cynicism

paired with emotional defensiveness, or a starry-eyed idealism that continually leads characters into unworkable

relationships that damage both partners.

Even the feminist ideology of the show is dubious. While the "we're fabulous and single" mantra definitely has a place in

our society to liberate those of us who don't need to fit the marriage cookie cutter, it's underlaid by a constant striving in

the show for just that--the traditional romantic plot that motivates the overarching plot of the television show, and takes

over with a vengeance in the movie. A movie whose trailer, by the way, showed me that the smooth pacing and witty

dialogue that redeemed the negative parts of the tv show had been replaced with traditional hollywood romantic comedy

schmaltz.

All of the women want something, they are powerful and dedicated to getting it. And yet over the course of the show, all

of them are frustrated at every turn. Charlotte can't concieve, Carrie can't find a meaningful relationship, Samantha keeps

getting tricked into them, and the one true new-wave style protagonist, Miranda, gets knocked up.
(Con't)

Posted By: calamity jyl @ 06/18/2008 3:47:47 AM

Comment: I hear men and women BOTH criticize Sex and the City...and it just makes me think "either you get it, or you don't". It seems to me that the women who don't like it are somewhat repressed, or in denial of what issues really exist in the "single over 35" crowd (and it IS a crowd) these days. Women have become self-sufficient because it's necessary, based on the way men whine about "women wanting rings and commitment" among other things, yet they believe they are entitled to supermodel-looking women who are subservient to their slovenly egos. Yet, somehow, women still want to believe there are men out there who can love and appreciate them, which I believe is generous, even if it is just natural instinct to preserve the human race. And as for the women who disapprove of the show, well, either they are living in a bubble of repression, or they are bitter about their own guilt for settling for less than these women have. I think Sex and the City is a courageous exploration of the best and worst case scenarios of potential relationship outcomes, with the beauty of unconditional love (in the form of their friendships) always being the payoff for following their heart.

Posted By: nesreen @ 06/16/2008 6:14:51 AM

Comment: there is tremendous sexism everywhere, especially hollywood, where market value overrides real values, like treating women like humans. but it was a crappy movie that was sexist itself; utterly dense and one-dimensional women focusing on marriage and material things.

Posted By: glimps @ 06/13/2008 5:36:07 PM

Comment: this was my T.V. show on HBO . No i like Big Love .. HBO always has hits !!

Posted By: rif2422 @ 06/13/2008 12:01:07 AM

Comment: Wow, talk about off mark, just more liberal left garbage spewn at the expense of men. Listen, the reason the men don't like this movie is simple. What the author fails to realize is that the reason why men don't like this movie is that it's a bunch of women sleeping around then whining about why they're single. Sex in the City hahaha don't make me laugh, this is a movie and a t.v. show that was oriented towards women, don't be surprised when men laugh and joke at the expense of the cast. It doesn't help the lead looks like a horse brahhhahhhahhhh. Another reason it appeals to women... and 500$ Prada pumps, don't make me laugh please... unless this movie is a comedy right???? Oh wait sorry was that masogynistic? Probably un-pc too huh? oops. The truth does hurth

Posted By: genecassidy @ 06/12/2008 8:46:17 AM

Comment: This article is worse than foolish. It presumes all men think the same way and suggests to those who don't that there must be something wrong with them. Blacks, gays and - golly -women have to put up with the same blockheaded presumptions. But I guess 500 words isn't enough space for real thought, just mindless provocation.

Posted By: genecassidy @ 06/12/2008 8:42:35 AM

Comment: This broad brush is worse than foolish. The idea that there is a representative attitude among men is the same as the idea that there is a representative attitutude among blacks, gays or - golly - women. These superficial pronouncements go even a step further and suggest to the representative group that this is how they're supposed to feel and if they don't, they're somehow out of step. It fills up space in a magazine is about the best that can be said for it,

Posted By: Alioness @ 06/11/2008 11:26:57 AM

Comment: Seriously are we little children or adults here? Yes it was a very popular series on HBO and the movie, i think, was simply amazing, but aren't we reading a bit too much from it? It's a show surrounding the lives of four very different women who love each other. It's a chick flick, yes, so most men won't find it interesting, and some women too but so what, do you just have to list out all the ways in which the show, in your estimation, is ridiculous?! Of course you wouldn't let anyone below the age of 21 watch it. Of course the director/writer could not develop the story line too much because there is a time factor. I mean it's SATC not Lord of the Rings! But for those of us who like to be entertained, who don't neccessarily want to be scared witless or have their heart rate tripled, who like chick flicks and fashion it was a great movie!

Posted By: werk_ltd @ 06/11/2008 10:53:55 AM

Comment: Excuse me, but isn't the whole reason the film exists itself a form of sexism? And fomenting an argument between on group of privileged yuppies and another group of privileged yuppies is or should be just a cause for yawning.

Posted By: jessthom @ 06/11/2008 12:44:17 AM

Comment: It bothers me that a lot of articles asked about this movie: Will men go see it? Who cares? Did anyone ask if women would go see the last "Rambo"? Yes. the "SATC" movie was sometimes silly, but it was entertaining and it was four great female characters taking center stage. Maybe if Hollywood made more movies with interesting women, and not the usual sappy rom-coms, more women would go see the movies.

Posted By: ForeverAFan @ 06/10/2008 10:24:53 PM

Comment: We got to enjoy beautiful fashion and wonderful aspects of the City of New York, that most of us would never be privy to, so I cannot complain. It was entertainment, and though I have yet to see the movie, I know I will not be disappointed. I don't understand what the big deal is about here.

Posted By: ForeverAFan @ 06/10/2008 10:23:27 PM

Comment: We are not looking for characters of substance here. But, if we dig a little deeper, we can recognize aspects of their personalities in all of us. Miranda repersented the cold, logical businesswoman, Charlotte was the optimist, Samantha had the enormous sex drive, and Carrie was the insecure friend. Yet they all clung to their friendships as true sisters. The series was entertaining in a modern Cinderella type of way, we got to enjoy

Posted By: ForeverAFan @ 06/10/2008 10:15:57 PM

Comment: I loved the series on HBO. I have not yet seen the movie. These four women represented four different personality aspects that may be common to most women to some degree. Charlotte was prim and proper on the surface, Miranda was the cold, calculating and logical businesswoman, Samantha had a huge sex drive, and Carrie portrayed the vulnerability and insecurity that plague so many of us. The series portrayed four close friends who were financially comfortable, almost a CCinderella type fantasy, but also maintained enough fashion and beauty four close

Posted By: garishjustice @ 06/10/2008 6:43:34 PM

Comment: As a man, the movie, and series, strikes me as conspicuously ironic. The premise for the franchise (which is what it has become), is how through female bonding, women are able to build up one another, and strengthen one another when men, jobs, life, etc. lets them down. Yet the plot of nearly every show I have seen, and the plot of the movie, revolves around these four women chasing either men, or some paradigm of white, WASP-ish femininity which can only be attained through fashion, high society, and (shockingly), men.

The show does not teach women to be strong, to be independent or high-minded. These women contribute absolutely nothing of value to society at large. Their concerns revolve primarily around fetishistic consumer culture. I know far more women who live lives that are completely outside the sphere that these four women run inside of, women who want to be single because they feel it affords them greater social and civil efficacy than it would to chase men and attend fashionable parties.

As a man, I see the need for strong, independent women in our society. I am not threatened by this prospect, as they bring balance to a world that is still ruled by male hegemony. For the four heroines of this franchise, however, that pair of pumps unfortunately does not fit. And to compare them to one of the most significant advocates of universal health care and combatants of poverty and injustice in the world does a tremendously grave disservice to Ms. Clinton.

Posted By: iwc2ufan99 @ 06/10/2008 4:26:21 PM

Comment: I am a woman. I loved the series. I think your points absolutely hold about the SERIES. The film on the other hand, I feel that women were in fact the blind ones here. They were blinded by how amazing the series was and projected their love of that onto what was an otherwise awful film. These once amazing characters were reduced to becoming extremely one dimensional silly versions of their once glorious, strong, independent selves. Carrie and Miranda basically brought their own misery on themselves by being selfish and not even considering the needs of their significant others. Miranda basically emotionally and physically abandoned her husband and I am expected to feel for HER? The same for Carrie. She paid no attention to how uncomfortable her fiancé was with the state of the huge wedding. She made it all about her. For once, I am squarely with the boys. This was a horrible film that did not make women look good, strong or able to get along without the men. There was nothing to threaten them here, but plenty to annoy anyone who is really paying attention. I can see why it got such low ratings from men and am shocked that women were so utterly blinded at it's inherent crappiness and that it was an obvious ploy to make money off something that had run its natural course. It is a great pity that the amazing legacy of strong, independent girl friends who deeply care for one another that was that show had to be damaged by the film.

Posted By: dgolann @ 06/10/2008 2:05:11 PM

Comment: I agree that there are many sexist comments from guys about "Sex and the City" and other so-called "chick flicks." There is a long tradition of women finding empowerment in romantic and consumerist fantasies. It reaches all the way back to factory girls reading dime novels at the turn of the century. Serious critics often short change the power of trivial fantasy to lift people up.
On the other hand, I do not think we should applaud the bravery of filmmakers who played on the success of a popular series to assure a film with a big opening weekend. Making endless sequels is the essence of Hollywood's greedy timidity. Nor should we pretend that this movie realistically portrays the lives of real women in America with realistic incomes. Nor is it great art. If you want a fully realized portrait of a three dimensional female character read "Anna Karenina" or "To Kill a Mockingbird." I want to watch movies that give me an insight into the female psyche, but "Sex and the City" is not one of them.
David Golann
Auburndale, MA

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Posted By: dllydggr @ 06/09/2008 8:22:20 PM

Comment: Interesting parallel between Carrie and Hillary. And what do these two have in common? They are both involved in storylines where they are the star and not the men in their lives. And men would be all over the SATC ladies if they'd been confined to the usual 'movie girl' role role of Fawning, Idealized Cypher (or in Samantha's case, as a woman over 50, NonExistent). Sorry if you think this is bashing but...shoot, you're just so dang BASHABLE!

Posted By: TheValleyGirls @ 06/09/2008 8:18:50 PM

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Posted By: wehlers @ 06/09/2008 2:16:05 PM

Comment: Seriously, now I have to feel bad about hating this crappy TV show and crappy movie? Is my distaste for the story of four selfish, label obsessed women any different from my wife's, simply because I am a man? Does every preference have to be sexism? Can't I just admire Barak Obama without being a misogynist?

It scares the bejesus out of me when we get to this level. I have never- not once- bemoaned the fact that most women I know don't understand the appeal of the Three Stooges, cigars and fishing. It has never occured to me for one minute that it was anything more than a preference. This movie is not a cultural milestone- it is a movie that a lot of woman seem to like more than men. Have a good time, but let us see "Ironman" and we will meet you in the lobby.

Posted By: Shruts @ 06/09/2008 6:44:19 AM

Comment: GOSH! I won't accord so much importance to this flick!! The whole sexist angle being talked about here is almost hilarious!

Posted By: Shruts @ 06/09/2008 6:40:09 AM

Comment: GOSH! I won't accord so much importance to this flick!! The whole sexist angle being talked about here is almost hilarious!

Posted By: Floridave @ 06/08/2008 10:02:28 PM

Comment: I always thought the show was Will and Grace for heterosexuals. Also I think whatshername has a horse face. I would go one but anyone that writes more than four sentences about this show is a pansy.

Posted By: Thtcat @ 06/07/2008 3:29:02 PM

Comment: OK, I'm a man. I'm a flaming hetero-sexual. I enjoy the series. I even enjoyed the movie to some degree, but at the same time, it made me genuinely angry. (Spoiler alert!) It seems to me that if a female character in the movies got cold feet and left the scene of the wedding, only to turn around and return mere minutes later, she would not be so castigated as Mr. Big was. It is, after all, a woman's perogative to change her mind. I suppose it is romantic to have your secretary copy historical love stories on your behalf and send them off into the ether of cyberspace fully expecting them to never be read. It doesn't seem to fit in with the character of Big from the series however. Now that he's finally found Love, he can't live without Carrie? It seems to me that sometime before the 5 months had passed, he probably would have given up on the project (though he really didn't need to devote much energy to it). I get it that he loves her. I get it that he knows he made her justifiably angry. At some point though, wouldn't he shake his head of his besotted haze and see that she might have been over-reacting to cut him out of her life completely? Wouldn't this make him angry in return? He would be expected to be understanding if she needed a few minutes to catch her breath before entering the Public Library for such a life changing event. Is it wrong of me to be angry at Carrie for not being more tolerant of his trepidation? Clearly a wedding is always seen as the bride's day, but let's not accept that notion to the exclusion to the feelings of the groom.

Oh, well. I guess the women deserve to have a movie that skews things into their perspective. Maybe that's how they feel about one of my fantasy genres... porn.

Posted By: Liz99 @ 06/07/2008 2:31:57 PM

Comment: I just heard the move bashed on NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me basically implying only gay men or straight ones who were emasculated would go to see this film. I don't get it. I'm actually not a SATC fan but this bashing is completely out of proportion to the film. It's only a movie, not a test of your masculinity, guys.

Posted By: Liz99 @ 06/07/2008 2:30:13 PM

Comment: I just heard the move bashed on NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me basically implying only gay men or straight ones who were emasculated would go to see this film. I don't get it. I'm actually not a SATC fan but this bashing is completely out of proportion to the film. It's only a movie, not a test of your masculinity, guys.

Posted By: StarLink @ 06/07/2008 2:30:10 PM

Comment: This was a great movie

Posted By: StarLink @ 06/07/2008 2:29:38 PM

Comment: This was a great movie

Posted By: pennibrown @ 06/06/2008 12:35:55 PM

Comment: I was with you all the way until you compared Carrie to Hillary Clinton. I don't think Carrie and Hillary would like each other, let alone share a meal. Could your male-vision be clumping all women in the same shoe box?

Posted By: Deb63 @ 06/05/2008 7:26:10 PM

Comment: I saw the movie "Sex in the City" and I thought it was great! I would go see it again. My guess is that the men who do like the movie are control freaks and mamas boys.

Posted By: sjbrock80 @ 06/05/2008 6:21:57 PM

Comment: I happen to be a guy who likes action and horror movies. I wouldn't go see Sex and the City because it doesn't interest me and if I saw it, would give it a low rating.

That isn't a sexist viewpoint, is it?

Oh well, move on. It's a movie for crying out loud. People are upset because other people don't like the movies they like? How childish.

Posted By: scottie252 @ 06/05/2008 4:59:20 PM

Comment: absolutely agree! I know girls who can only wish that their boyfriends didn't have to be dragged kicking and screaming to this movie. what a big fuss they make. My guy firends are clueless about the phenomenon that is Sex and the City, but still feel the need to bash...and to remain clueless. They don't understand why women are lining up to see the movie...Sex and the City is a movie about women for women. we don't need them to understand, as much as we hope for their gender enlightenment, but we do need them to give up the eye-rolling and vehement opposition.

Posted By: lackadaze @ 06/05/2008 3:39:30 PM

Comment: THANK YOU! This is exactly what I thought when I read some reviews of the movie. I read one that complained that the male characters are only used as pawns - which seemed odd to me, because that's how it is with every other movie, if you replace male characters with female ones.

Posted By: lackadaze @ 06/05/2008 3:37:50 PM

Comment: THANK YOU! This is exactly what I thought after reading some reviews of the movie.

Posted By: irwind @ 06/05/2008 2:40:51 PM

Comment: I loved 'Sex...' as a TV show, as well as other 'girl' stuff like 'Gilmore Girls'. Great writing is great writing! There's so little of it. And yes, I'm a straight man. They laughed at me at work, when I told them I plan on seeing the movie. I mean can I identify anyore with Iron Man or the Hulk. (P.s. I'm also an Obamaniac who did a 180 and now loves Hillary too, and pray they become an unbeatable team!!)

Posted By: toughluck @ 06/05/2008 1:07:49 PM

Comment: I would like to bring the author's attention to the fact that quite a few female critics also panned th movie on rottentomatoes. I guess their voice just doesn't count though huh?

Posted By: beemerbabe113 @ 06/05/2008 11:57:00 AM

Comment: first off let's remember that it's just a movie, a form of entertainment!!! yes it's entertainment that's aimed at women but it's still good entertainment. why is everyone so surprised that once again women in hollywood as well as the rest of the world are being thought of as second class. citizens, it's happened throughout the years, and as long as men are in positios of power it will continue to occur. sure the women of sex are over the top...but it's supposed to be that way. The important thing in all of this is the "FRIENDSHIPS" these women have with each other!!! through the good and the bad, it's not about the pricey shoes or extravagant dresses. it's about the bound that these women have been able to maintain, and as most women, if they're honest will admit it, we all have a support group of friends that we rely upon to amke it through the trials and problems of everyday life. no we don't wear designer dressess and exspensive shoes, but we do rely on our friends to get us through. most men and obviously some women have missed the entire point to this really fun and entertaining movie.

Posted By: bronemesis @ 06/05/2008 10:11:33 AM

Comment: Let's narrow the demographics even further. This film is about white women and their white problems/successes. Yes, the series was based on a white woman and her contemporaries and that fact alone isolates it from '"all" women. This is not to say that "Sex and the City" is not universal to all women (which it isn't), but it may said that it truly speaks to one female demographic and hopes (unlikely) that others will relate to it. So in conclusion, "Sex and the City" was successful and it hit it's target audience, so does the Tyler Perry movies. Both are considered average type movies, but they do cater to their audiences. Isn't that what it's all about?

Posted By: EE7011 @ 06/05/2008 9:50:58 AM

Comment: Close friendships are important for both men and women. I like the relationship amongst the four women regardless of the over-the-top fashion.

Posted By: DarthTrona @ 06/04/2008 9:53:56 PM

Comment: I have to give some major props to the author of this article for going to the movie, keeping an open mind, and making some rather intelligent observations. I especially love the tie made into politics, and the sparking of a fire that people everywhere try to smolder - there is still sexism in this world, and more than most would like to recognize. Thank you to the author for not being blind to the obvious in both the minimal of examples and the most intense.

Posted By: D.Stark @ 06/04/2008 8:20:38 PM

Comment: It seems to be like your article is sexist, for the vast amount of generalizations you have about males. Maybe men don't like the film because it is a chick flick in their eyes. Maybe they were swayed away by the gushing over it by the 18-29 female demographic. Maybe it isn't their cup of tea and the film is more identifiable towards women. Let's look at another movie, female centered, with a strong female cast and see the difference to the reaction Sex and the City got. Let???s take the film The Hours, did this get the bashing the Sex and the City got by males? No, because the movie had something more to it, people could discuss it at the dinner table. The movie Sex and the City is directed towards the18-29 female demographic, and they???re the ones that liked it the most. Surprising? No. Sexist (for males to criticize it)? No again.

Posted By: D.Stark @ 06/04/2008 8:20:00 PM

Comment: It seems to be like your article is sexist, for the vast amount of generalizations you have about males. Maybe men don't like the film because it is a chick flick in their eyes. Maybe they were swayed away by the gushing over it by the 18-29 female demographic. Maybe it isn't their cup of tea and the film is more identifiable towards women. Let's look at another movie, female centered, with a strong female cast and see the difference to the reaction Sex and the City got. Let???s take the film The Hours, did this get the bashing the Sex and the City got by males? No, because the movie had something more to it, people could discuss it at the dinner table. The movie Sex and the City is directed towards the18-29 female demographic, and they???re the ones that liked it the most. Surprising? No. Sexist (for males to criticize it)? No again.

Posted By: gluskabe @ 06/04/2008 5:43:07 PM

Comment: I thought it was a good movie. Not a profound work of art, but entertaining like the show was. However, as a guy, I know why some guys hate the movie with an emotional intensity that is way beyond what a movie should inspire. And that is because, as a guy, when you're dating, you sometimes get rejected by beautiful women. Maybe all the time, mabye some of the time, maybe even rarely for some guys, but it happens. And then when you are sitting there licking your wounded ego, you imagine her making a joke about you to her girlfriends, just like the women on sex and the city did about their dates. Just contemplating it can be unpleasant. Now did Seinfeld on his show reject all kinds of women for shallow and superficial reasons? Of course. But he was rejecting women, so guys didn't get upset about that. This show has women rejecting men for sometimes superficial reasons and so it causes some guys to go through the roof.

There are of course other reasons for disliking the movie. It wasn't an amazing work of art, so some may be disappointed in the storyline etc. Also the girls were heavily into fashion so even guys with a healthy ego might not get into it because they aren't interested in that kind of stuff. But for these people there isn't the kind of emotional component to their dislike of the movie. To them, it was simply a movie they didn't care for.

Posted By: Tim Dunne @ 06/04/2008 4:46:46 PM

Comment: speaking as a man i must say that an article such as this, carefully studied and then recited at just the right moment at a wedding reception, can help us all get laid. and isn't that the point?

Posted By: zbbrox @ 06/04/2008 4:45:54 PM

Comment: Well, I thought the show was okay, but I hated the movie. My wife liked the show, but didn't like the movie.

I think the likely reason is this: The movie was bad.

You mention the 54% the film got on the Tomatometer, yet fail to recognize that many of the negative reviews were written by, gasp, women, like Gina Carbone, Andrea Chase, and Carol Cling. Are they also sexist?

And your mischaracterization of Roger Ebert???s review is saddening. You ask ???If it's not your cup of tea (or Cosmo), must you really attack it so vehemently????, yet criticized Mr. Ebert for stating exactly that???the movie was not his cup of tea, and it did nothing for him. Nowhere in his two-star review (a rating indicating mediocrity rather than hatred) did he ???vehemently attack??? the film.

The idea that this film has received a particularly scathing amount of criticism is ludicrous if you compare it to guy-centric films that got similarly mixed reviews???the vitriol leveled by some reviewers at Spider-Man 3, for instance, makes any negative review for Sex and the City look charming in comparison.

I find it truly offensive that anyone could look at ???Sex and the City??? and equate dislike for that film with dislike for women. The movie is filled with characters who abandon the strongly-crafted and complex characterizations created for them on the television show for shallow ???chick flick??? clichés that are more manipulative than honest. Forgive me for citing a ???guy film??? in contrast, but the difference in emotional depth between this movie and, say, Forgetting Sarah Marshall earlier this year is stark.

Posted By: MilesTrane21 @ 06/04/2008 4:44:36 PM

Comment: So far, I'm hating Newsweek's movie reviews. I love their top-notch political coverage. This is my favorite News magazine as far as that goes, but their movie reviews have just been AWFUL. Now this could have to do with my disdain for pretty much all critics ("I'm a fan with a huge ego that is always right and always has the right to tell you that you have bad taste"), but I'm pretty sure I'm hating Newsweek's the most.

Posted By: factsearcher @ 06/04/2008 4:03:24 PM

Comment: This article seemed tobe written by a 5th grade boy

Posted By: CaptainADD @ 06/04/2008 4:00:33 PM

Comment: Wait, you mean men did not enjoy a movie targeted directly at women with little or no intelligence put into it that isn't recycled from a thousand other movies and television shows! Impossible! They must all be sexist.

Oh, and my girlfriend, sister, and mother do not care for SATC.

Posted By: allyo126 @ 06/04/2008 3:41:21 PM

Comment: Great story. Guys do think this movie is stupid???.but it is because they still just don???t understand women, so, to them, it is like watching a foreign film without subtitles!

Posted By: jtl2008 @ 06/04/2008 3:20:54 PM

Comment: I'm sure the first woman to have a realistic shot at being the leader of the free world would identify well with a group of women who "empower" themselves through the latest trend in purses and sexual encounters. Likewise I'm sure those four women would sit around drinking pink cocktails discussing what a wonderful plain blue dress with pearls Hillary wore as she stood by her philandering husband. Or not.

Posted By: msideas @ 06/04/2008 1:41:59 PM