2. » Sex And The City İs An American Comedy
Drama Series Created By Darren Star And
Produced By HBO.
» Broadcastered From 1998 Untill 2004.
» The Original Run Of The Show Had A Total Of
94 Episodes.
» Spawned Two Films : 2008 And 2010
» Received
 7 Of 54 Emmy Award Nominations
 8 Of 24 Golden Globe Award Nominations.
 3 Of 11 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations.

3. A Television Show About Women
• Their Friendships,
• Their Sex Lives, Living İn New York City.
• Their Experiences
• Carrie Bradshaw İs The Main Protagonist Of The Show,
The Central Character Linking Together Her Three, Distinctive
Friends:
• Samantha Jones
• Charlotte York
• Miranda Hobbes

4. • Lover Of Shoes And
Fashion
• Is A Sex Columnist For
The Fictional Paper The
New York Star.
• It is Through The Lens
Of Her Columns That
Each Episode İs
Shaped.

5. • Sex-loving
• Public Relatıons
Executive
• Slightly Older, And
Certainly More
Promiscuous Than
Her Friends

6. » Is A Traditional
» Is A Hopeless Romantic Who
Believes İn The Fairy Tale
Version Of Love.
» Develops Over The Years To
Realize That Fantasy Rarely
Matches Reality

7.  Is Unconventional
 Not Willing To
Sacrifice Herself
For A Man.

8. » Mid 19th – early 20th century.
» Fight for social and political equality.
» Struggle for women’s suffrage (right to vote)
1918 granting the vote to women over the age of 30
1928 Women received the vote on equal terms as men
» Key concerns included education, employment and
marriage laws.
» Successes – higher education for women, married
women’s property rights and the widening of access
to professions such as medicine.

9. » Liberation movement of 1960s and 1970s.
» Largely to do with struggles for equal pay, equal rights at
work and better representation in public bodies such as
Parliament.
» Access to contraception:
increasing use of contraception and the growth of women's power in
decisions about having children.
» Highly publicised activism.
» Stereotype of humourless, dowdy, man-hating feminist.

10. » 1980s And 1990s
» A Movement To End Sexism , Sexist
Explotation And Oppression.
» This can be accomplished true political
involvement, the writing of feminist
theory, the way one dresses, placing
important on female friendships.
» Continue to reflect a diverse way of
thinking and doing feminism.

11. » Shows That There Are A Multitude Of Different Ways
That Feminism Can Manifest İtself Within Popular
Culture And Sex And The City Fit İn With The Third
Wave Movement, Thanks To İts İnherent İnclusiveness
And Diversity.
» To some degree, feminism in Sex and The City mirror
the pop culture.

12. These Seven Categories Are The Main
İngredients That Comprise The
Definition Of Pop Feminism.
• MODERNİTY
• AGGRESSİVENESS
• STRENGTH AND POWER
• POSİTİVE SELF-ESTEEM
• CHOİCE
• SİSTERHOOD
• SEXUAL EMPOWERMENT

13. » Based on the three terms
 “modern”
 “subversive”
 “edgy ”
» Example :
• the acceptance of historically unacceptable
behaviors such as homosexuality
• open conversation about sex and other such taboo
ways of thinking and living.

14. » Not Demure ,Unladylike, Catty , Raw, Doesn’t
Care, Doesn’t Bite Her Tongue, Bawdy, Shock
Value, Vocal, Fierce, Aggressive, Boldness,
“Most Of The Time You Have To Hold Her Back.
» Speaking One’s Mind, Even İn Situations
Where Possible Objections May Occur.
» In Pop Culture, Feminists Are Portrayed As
Aggressive İn Behavior.

15. » power, unshakable, “we liked our
decisions, we just had to stand by
them,”
control, strong, strength, “we can
take care of ourselves,” tough and
savvy.
» pop culture portrays feminist
women as people who can deal
with many situations from a
position of control in both the
public and the private spheres.

16. » pride, self-respect and “the crusade to wipe
out the shame and embarrassment that many
women still associate with their bodies or their
sexuality.

17. » independence, freedom, “limitless, not
limited,” “the ability to choose,” individualist.
» applicable to many facets of life – from
relationships to career to children to the
privileges associated with having basic civil
rights.

18. » forging a direct link with females.
» Though we all come from different
backgrounds and points of view, we can find a
place to understand one another as fellow
women and friends.

19. » Sex Positivity
» Sexy, beautiful
» Having Badass Clothes
» Stylish.

20. In each episode Carrie Bradshaw has a question
that she talks about in her column. And these
questions have a gendered perception.

21. » Women Make Up The Majority Of The
Principal Characters.
» What Are The İmplications Of This?
- Women’s Voices, Their Thoughts, Feelings,
Opinions And Such Are Constructed To Be
The Main Message Of Sex And The City.

22. Demographics of the characters
• Mid thirties
• White
• Professional
• With at least college education
• Of upper class status
• Heterosexual and single
 This demographical information suggests that the audiences of Sex and
the City are mainly those who feel connected with these types of women
– probably middle to upper class, white, single, young, heterosexual
women.
 We know that women of Sex and the City are highly visible and the voice
of the show can be thought of as the voice of the female characters. We
know that any values that can be seen in Sex and the City come from a
particular segment of the population – those that are in their
thirties, white, with much disposable income, educated, heterosexual and
single.

23. Sex and the City expresses modernity through the
embracing of singleness, the acceptance of
homosexuality, the portrayal of unconventional views on
sex/relationships, the rejecting of motherhood, thinking
about gender roles and differences and racial issues in
relationships.
• Embracing Of Single Life
• Acceptance Of Homosexuality
• The Domination Of Untraditional Views Of Sex And
Relationships
• Motherhood
• Feminist-like Comparisons Of Sex And Gender Roles
• Untraditional Attitudes Toward İnterracial Relationships

24. Aggressiveness Was Definitely Something That Seemed To
Be A Part Of The Represented Feminist İdeals İn Sex And
The City
• the use of profanity
• the display of authority within sex and relationships

25. The importance of women’s friendship bonds and
unification – is one of the significant ways that the show
portrays pop feminism.
• through their frequent togetherness

26. Sexuality is one aspect of the correlation between Sex and
the City and pop feminism.
• most visible through varied and frequent sexuality

27. • Through Representations Of The Women’s Careers
• Through The Power Dynamics Within Their
Relationships With Men.
• Through Sex And Relations .

28. Through The Presence Of
• Self-confidence
• Self-respect

29. • Through Life Choices
• Through Many Romantic Relationships These
Women Are İnvolved İn.

30. • Third Wave Feminism Can Be Characterized As Diverse And Varied İn İts Focus And
Methods
• Seven Categories That Define Pop Feminism’s Vision Of Feminist Women Are
Modern, Aggressive, Sisters, Sexually Empowered, Self-aware And Possessing Power And
Choice That Are The İngredients That Alone Or Together, Make Up How Feminism İs
Thought Of And Portrayed İn Television, Movies, Magazines, Et Cetera.
• Sex And The City Fulfills Each And Every One Of These Pop Feminist Categories And
Therefore, Proves To Be An Excellent Example Of Pop Feminism.
• Sex And The City Should Be Seen By The Feminist Movement As A Legitimate
Voice, Because Though İt Does Not Address Political İssues Or Academic Discourse As
Feminism Stereotypically Has İn The Past, İt İs Positively İnfluencing The Lives Of Women
Today.
• It Serves To Connect With And Empower Women To Overcome The Boundaries That
“Sexism, Sexist Exploitation, And Oppression” Have Set For Women İn The Areas Of Sex
And Relationships.
• The Show And The Women İn İt Defy Expectation At Every Turn, İnstead Challenging
Their Own Roles As Women And, İn Turn, Challenging İts Viewers To Do The Same.
• Sex And The City İs A Powerful Statement To America – That Feminist Women Are Here
To Stay. Feminism İs Not Dead.

31. • Love or hate it but accept that it is a cult. Sex and the City definitely
is a cult. Everyone who has television probably watch at least one
episode.
Some think that it is a stupid and blank show and some think that it
is the show which save and give freedom to woman. So everyone
loves it or hates it. But everyone has an opinion so this makes "Sex
and the city" is a cult show.

32. Sex and the City changed huge amounts for women. Women now have a
language with which to talk about their experiences and their friendships..
It's almost given them permission to have female friendships that are more
important than anything else. It has given a respectability to something
that previously was just gossip - something less than conversation. The
episode about breastfeeding and Miranda's entire pregnancy was just
revolutionary. Thank god!. It was the first time you'd ever seen an
engorged breast on TV.I think it's fantastic that women now feel
comfortable talking about vibrators, whether you choose to buy a Rampant
Rabbit or not.
My favourite episode was the last one in the last series, where
Samantha admits her age. She says, "I'm 40 fucking five and proud of it. It
made my heart sing with joy to hear that. That whole issue hadn't been
discussed like that before - it was a celebration of women ageing.
Carrie'nin Manolo Blahniks My other favourite episode was the one where
Carrie's Manolo Blahniks get stolen at a party - that whole dialogue about
"I have spent money on wedding presents and on other people's children
and no one has ever celebrated the fact that I am single."