Why "Sex and the City" hurts.

Yes, it's well-written. Yes, it's clever. Yes, it's entertaining. That being said, "Sex and the City" has done absolutely nothing good for our culture.

As if we haven't been polluted enough, the entertainment refuse otherwise known as "Sex and the City" is now a hit movie. The fact that so many women are flocking enthusiastically to this movie should give us serious excuse to pause and consider this situation.

It has long been commented that rather than reflect the lives of real women, Sex and the City -- written by gay men -- accurately reflects the lifestyle of the gay subculture.

I'm not being bigoted or homophobic here -- I am merely concerned when women begin to imitate a subculture which couldn't stop its rampant promiscuity even when it was being decimated by a sexually spread plague. I have many gay friends who are embarrassed of this aspect of their subculture, preferring to keep such "habits" out of the social eye. When we look at the practices of this subculture, we have to ask ourselves: are these the sort of people that America's women should be imitating?

For the womanizers reading, the answer is an enthusiastic "yes!"

For the rest of us who actually care about womanhood, it is time to look seriously and honestly at the situation.

As a social critic, I would list this show among the five most damaging things to happen to society in the past decade. Sex and the city hurts, and while the laughs are short-lived, the social damage has already created countless deep scars.

I can hear the objections already: "but it's JUST a movie", and "it's JUST a television show!" The people that make such excuses just as quickly proclaim the transforming power of media when their critics are looking the other way. Rock music was full of the same contradiction: they told their critics that they were "overreacting," while simultaneously rejoicing in their power to shape culture. Televisions show like "sex and the city" are no different.

What would the great feminist warriors of the past century say about this social phenomenon? Feminists of the past fought for the right to have an education, the right to vote, and the right to a career. Modern feminists, as represented by the SITC girls, fight for the right to sleep with as many men as possible while candidly sharing anal-sex experiences casually over lunch. As a cadence, they shop Gucci, as if filthy people could somehow be ennobled by fancy clothing. (Whitewashed tombs, anyone?)

Many men support the show, of course, and why wouldn't they? Being the weak creatures that we are, a society of loose women certainly appeals to our baser desires. On one side of the aisle, we have the "Man show" and "Bud Light" version of manhood, and on the other side we have the SITC girls. How absolutely sad.

So swallow it all, ladies: the male pigs in the aisles are applauding. They are ready and waiting to accept your newly liberated womanhood. In fact, they've never had it so easy.