Sex and the City S6 Part 2 Ep1-8: A Retro SSL Review
My new little segment is back for a another round. It's a modified, lazy version of an SSL Review. It's just me transcribing my notes, page by page, on all of the Sex and the City episodes. I watched them all - not necessarily in order - during 2007 and 2008, and I took notes on the depiction/discussion of female orgasm and female masturbation. It was my early attempt at this type of lady-gasm review stuff. Anyway, I never actually created reviews from these notes, but since they exist, I'd like to get them out there on the interwebs before they get burned in a house fire or something...thus this series.
Anyway, the fun of this will be that I will transcribe these as word for word as I can while still trying to make it be a sensible read. I'll post a pick of the notes for your reference. I'll do one or more episodes at a time - from the beginning of the notebook to the end. I may add notes for clarification or add my SSL-Review-style comments.
Hopefully the notes I took privately 10 years ago won't make me look like a dumb asshole. I will add them in the TV SSL Review Master List (of course you are also welcome to check out the Movie SSL Review Master List as well). Here we go.
SATC Notes Season 6 Part 2 Ep. 1-8
Season 6 Part 2 Ep1
Miranda's ex-man is mimicking her saying, "Oh Robert, no one's been in me this deep before" - making orgasm sounds.
She mentions to her new man he looks upset.
Carrie says in voice over scientists say women when have sex, release chemical that makes women attach
Samantha fucking from behind - she looks bored, but it's an emotional thing
Season 6 Part 2 Ep2
Nothing
Season 6 Part 2 Ep3
Sam asked nun if she's allowed to masturbate. Nun says, I don't know. I never asked.
Charlotte having sex cowgirl w/ husband sitting up - no orgasm - interuppted
Season 6 Part 2 Ep4
Nothing
Season 6 Part 2 Ep5
Samantha make porn movie w/ actor to prove he's not gay - it's porn looking and doggy style
Season 6 Part 2 Ep6
Sam - "I think my maid is using my vibrator"
Season 6 Part 2 Ep8
Samantha, after no sex-drive-chemo, has cowgirl style sex and is obviously bouncing w/ obviously no clit stimulation (pretty graphic) - and orgasms crazy-style
Modern Day Me Comments
A list:
I have no idea why I wrote down that Miranda told her new man he looked upset...unless maybe I didn't complete that thought, or maybe it's connected to Samantha's V.O. about sex chemicals
The sex chemical thing would not make an SSL review today (really most of this wouldn't) because it isn't specifically depicting or discussing lady-gasms, lady-bation, or clits. I wrote it down though, I'm sure, because it's stupid and misleading to say women release attachment chemicals during sex because all people do.
Not enjoying and/or orgasming from sex with a dude because of an emotional relationship issue when all the physical things are the same as scenes that did show the character orgasming is classic for this show and all media. Yes, emotion affects arousal affects orgasm, but there is a strong sense in our culture that women's physical ability to orgasm is innately more attached to her emotional state than a man's is...but I would say the hard truth is that women just almost never get the right physical stimulation we need to orgasm, so when we're pissed or annoyed we stop faking and/or find much less joy in the other closeness/emotional aspects of sex, so it just seems like we're more emotionally fickle with our orgasms. But, that's like, my opinion, man.
Samantha orgasming during intercourse with no additional clitoral stimulation. Unrealistic yet classic Sam
STDs can be passed through sex toys, people. You shouldn't use a vibrator in some random woman's house you're cleaning...but you know, maybe she's been sheltered her whole life, and this vibrator she found while cleaning houses awoke something in her and changed her life. Maybe she got her groove back. In that case, it's worth the risk.