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.
When Miranda was going apartment hunting and told her son that they need to follow the “white guy with a baby” in order to find a “good home.”
For obvious reasons, this is super racist.
It implies that neighborhoods with black people or people of color are dodgy. SMH.
When Carrie discovers that Barkley had been recording his sexual experiences with women without their consent.
Although Carrie seemed initially shocked, she was able to brush it off rather easily.
Even though she probably should have reported him.
When Samantha dated Chivon in season three and made racist comments about their relationship, repeatedly.
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.
When they tried to play the “angry-black-woman” card with Chivon’s sister, even though her attitude was completely warranted.
Samantha was really out of line here, and definitely got what was coming to her in the subsequent scene!
When Miranda, Carrie, Samantha, and Charlotte wore niqābs when they traveled to Abu Dhabi.
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.
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When Samantha broke up with a man because he had a small penis.
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.
When Samantha announced that she was dating a woman named Maria, and her friends weren’t even remotely supportive.
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.
When Samantha gained some weight after moving to LA, and her friends essentially held an intervention to tell her that she had gotten fat.
“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.
When Miranda had a hard time buying an apartment from a sexist real estate agent and her friends blamed her for it.
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.
All of the female stereotypes.
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.
All the slut-shaming.
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.
Charlotte and the lesbians.
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!
When Carrie’s boyfriend disclosed to her that he is bisexual, and she criticized him behind his back for it.
She said: “I’m not even sure that bisexuality exists. I think it’s just a layover on the way to gay town.”
When Samantha complained about the black, transsexual sexworkers outside of her apartment building *and* used a derogatory term.
“I am paying a fortune to live in a neighborhood that’s trendy by day and [expletive] by night,” she said.
