Sex, Love and Romance Presented in Sex and the City Today, love, sex and romance are three main topics presented in the media as major themes discussed in contemporary popular culture. Social media is important in shaping the public's value of feminism through the structure of contemporary media such as films, magazines, plays, advertisements, TV programs, graphic novels, etc. The TV show “Sex and the City” incorporates “pop feminism” that influences many women's lives. Sex and the City is originally about four single women in their thirties living in Manhattan. They come to New York to look for “love and labels” (Sex and the City). The main theme of Sex and the City focuses on the contemporary American woman's conception of sex, love and romance. As we learned from the conference, sex, love and romance have a history; they are different in different cultures; they are shaped by gender, class, race, ethnicity, nation, ability, and other differences (Lecture Notes). Sex and the City focuses on the experiences of modern American women and their thoughts about sex, love, and romance. The four main women of Sex and the City represent diversity in gender, class, race, ethnicity, religion, age, and hardiness through their different life experiences and expectations (Lecture Notes). Sex and the City represents that feminist notions of sex, love, and romance are socially constructed, and this social construction of sex, love, and romance is present in the personalities of these female characters. The characteristics of the four female protagonists created in Sex and the City allows social constructionist theory to have a cultural influence on modern society instead of the idea of essentialism on human behavior. Accor...... middle of the paper ......related to certain work areas or related only to the home. The sex and gender roles of Samantha, Charlotte, Miranda, and Carrie created in Sex and the City break common notions of what women should do and be. These characters demonstrate social construction theory by doing things outside of the characteristics that essentialism would determine as women. Women were considered biologically inferior to men, and essentialism helped promote this assertion. Men used the theory of essentialism against women that women could not hold jobs or vote, because their biology made them weak. The ideas of feminism represented in Sex and City are a useful way to convince people that there was nothing in biology that made women inferior to men. Women could also choose their own life choices and become emotionally sound and successful in career and finances.
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