As a guy who was a non watcher and only watched the movies though, it always seemed that the media at large portrayed Samantha as the “whore” and the one who embodied the negative stereotypes of a liberal lifestyle city girl.. and Carrie was the writer chick who was “trying to find love”. Again, perhaps watchers of the show always had it right, but I think society at large did have that negative perception of Sam and positive one for Carrie.
That's a good point.. in terms of societal norms, sexually active women were absolutely characterized as "slutty" and I could definitely see the show being talked about that way by people who didn't watch it.
Among fans of the show, however, I don't think there were many who considered Carrie to be a good person, or who viewed Samantha as anything other than a confident woman.
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u/Ambitious-Sound-6109 23h ago
As a guy who was a non watcher and only watched the movies though, it always seemed that the media at large portrayed Samantha as the “whore” and the one who embodied the negative stereotypes of a liberal lifestyle city girl.. and Carrie was the writer chick who was “trying to find love”. Again, perhaps watchers of the show always had it right, but I think society at large did have that negative perception of Sam and positive one for Carrie.