History YMMV / SexAndTheCity

* Big's behavior towards Carrie after he's gotten married, which frankly, borders on stalking, especially in light of the fact that she keeps telling him to leave her alone--and even physically pushing him away at one point. Of course, it ends with her falling into bed with him.

* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack? A few examples, but most notably with Carrie and Aiden after she had an affair with Big. He was still deeply hurt by it, could no longer trust her at all, and in the end they realized the damage was done and there was no saving the relationship.

** Some people criticized Samantha for "breaking up with a man because his penis was too small", which wasn't accurate -- not only did he have a micropenis (about an inch long), but she tried to make the relationship work and even got taken to a shrink over her being "frigid". The man broke up with her when she revealed why she wasn't having sex with him.

** In the second movie, Charlotte spends nearly the entirety of it stressing out over Harry possibly having an affair with her sexy, Irish nanny...in the epilogue the film "clears this up" by saying the nanny is a lesbian, instead of, oh, I don't know, Harry was a great husband and would never cheat on Charlotte? But apparently, [[ImAManICantHelpIt he's a man]] and has no say if a woman seduces him. Not to mention they seem to assume Erin will try to seduce Harry just because she doesn't wear a bra.

* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack? A few examples, but most notably with Carrie and Aiden after she had an affair with Big. He was still deeply hurt by it, could no longer trust her at all, and in the end they realized the damage was done and there was no saving the relationship.

* {{Flanderization}} - Charlotte and Samantha became caricatures of themselves as the series went on, at least until the final season when they started showing dimensions again. Also, Carrie's maturity seemed to have an inverse relationship with her age.

* PeripheryDemographic: Gay men, famously, to the point it's almost considered more of a "gay show" in the popular imagination than it is a "chick show".

* TheScrappy: Charlotte, being as she is, the blandest of the four.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Lots of people like to take cracks about how the characters find Carrie to be some kind of sex incarnate beauty icon, and all of her friends are supposed to be considered less pretty than her. This really isn't the case. Men don't go for her because she's drop-dead gorgeous, and she's never treated like her looks are anything special.
** That may just be the overflow of how many people feel re: Sarah Jessica Parker. Mileage greatly varies about how true the media's declarations are about her looks.
** This troper has seen every single episode at least ten times, Carrie IS described often by her friends or the guys she dates as gorgeous or stunningly beautiful.

* HollywoodHomely: Miranda. Harry arguably qualifies as well.
** Though to be fair, men aren't put off by her looks so much as her powerful career and demeanor that intimidates and emasculates them.
*** YourMileageMayVary: Some men (myself included) find women with imposing dispositions extremely attractive.

* TestosteroneBrigade: While its male fanbase is often stereotyped as being [[FagHag composed primarily of]] CampGay men who watch it for the fashion, during its prime it also had a very large contingent of straight male fans, as it featured a ton of female skin and enough of the male perspective (at times) to occupy straight mens' interest.

** Straight males, too -- despite being a show primarily for women, they added a ton of female skin and enough of the male perspective (at times) to occupy straight mens' interest.

* TestosteroneBrigade: While its male fanbase is often stereotyped as being [[FagHag composed primarily of]] CampGay men who watch it for the fashion, during its prime it also had a very large contingent of adolescent male fans who watched it for the nude scenes.

** They took the stereotyping and turned it UpToEleven. With a major dash of [[Anvilicious.]]

** They took the stereotyping and turned it UpToEleven. With a major dash of {{Anvilicious.}}

* UnfortunateImplications: The episode where Carrie dates a bisexual guy is... not very well handled. The episode showed bisexuals as some kind of fad among young folk who play spin the bottle indiscriminately. Carrie breaks up with him because she doesn't want to kiss girls too.

** Also, Miranda releasing all the pent-up emotion about her mother's death during a fitting for a new bra.

-->'''Carrie''': Fuck you. (He continues to kiss her). Fuck ''you''. (She kisses him back). Oh, fuck me.

* {{Flanderization}} - Charlotte and Samantha became caricatures of themselves as the series went on.

** Much better than it sounds.