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What were 'Sex and the City' writers thinking?

The man Carrie might hook up with is all wrong for her.

Much like "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" of the 1970s, which chronicled a fictional single, career woman navigating love, friendship and fulfillment, its contemporary counterpart, "Sex and the City," has utterly influenced a cross-generation of women. Sure, its idealized narrative requires a gargantuan suspension of disbelief (leading gal Carrie Bradshaw, a New York City-based freelance writer, can,...

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