As you may know, society has been slowly evolving — becoming less and less tolerant of problematic behaviors like racism, sexism, homophobia, and body-shaming.
While we're most definitely all for that, it has caused many TV shows that we know and love to age rather poorly, like Sex And The City, for instance.
Here are some moments that have aged especially less gracefully than I'm sure they'd hoped.
For obvious reasons, this is super racist.
It implies that neighborhoods with black people or people of color are dodgy. SMH.
Although Carrie seemed initially shocked, she was able to brush it off rather easily.
Even though she probably should have reported him.
She said, "I don't see color. I see conquests," which is not only disrespectful to him as a human being but by saying she doesn't "see color," she is acknowledging that she doesn't recognize the struggle of black people, or her own privilege.
Samantha was really out of line here, and definitely got what was coming to her in the subsequent scene!
In order to escape a mob, they disguised themselves in niqãbs.
Some might consider this scene to be culturally insensitive, considering the headwear is directly linked to Islam.
Women are not the only ones who are shamed for their bodies!
In this episode, Samantha ended a relationship with someone she really liked because of his penis size.
Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte didn't show a modicum of support for Samantha when she revealed that she was exploring her sexuality and dating a woman.
"I guess I didn't realize how big I was until I saw it on your faced," Samantha said.
"How — and I say this with love — how could you not realize it?" Carrie responded.
They suggested that her independence was the reason she couldn't buy an apartment and that she should find a man to do it for her instead.
We get it, women like to shop. But so do men a lot of the time.
Yet, in SATC, shopping is a huge theme amongst the women — the writers of the show made it apart of their identities.
For a show that is meant to be about women owning their sexuality and being liberated by it, they sure spend a lot of time shaming each other for having too much sex.
The issue with this was that Charlotte not only tried to be someone she was not, but the friendship between Charlotte and these women ended when she admitted she wasn't a lesbian.
That's not how friendship works!
She said: "I'm not even sure that bisexuality exists. I think it's just a layover on the way to gay town."
"I am paying a fortune to live in a neighborhood that's trendy by day and [expletive] by night," she said.
