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Yesterday this article came out claiming a connection between the famous television show ‘Sex and the City’ and the destructive spending habits of some women. The idea is that Sex in the City showed a life style that was beyond the realistic financial reach of most women, but they still wanted it. So to try and attain the life of their unrealistic cocktail drinking heroes, women from all over spent more than they had and crippled themselves with debt.
This is a load of crap.
Television did not make those women do anything. They were not manipulated, tricked, brainwashed, or otherwise coerced by any sitcom to behave in any way. They made their own choices and blaming a fictional reality for their bad decisions is only an attempt to try and avoid any sense of responsibility.
Dexter has not turned me into a serial killer, the Wire has not turned me into a drug dealer, and Rome has failed to turn me into an ancient Roman soldier. This is for the same basic reason that Sex and the City has not turned anyone into a ‘shopping addict’:
You are in charge of your own choices.
Take responsibility for them.
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Yeah, but the James Bond flicks affected me. I bought lavish Lotus sports cars,gambled way too much and had sex with mysterious European woman who had odd names.
I finally came to my senses after nearly being killed by a Chinese guy wearing a top hat.
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