# Do other 8 year old girls enjoy Sex and the City? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549 "2004-12-13T03:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/1 "2004-12-13T03:56:43Z")
Because my daughter sure does. Incidentally, her favourite female protagonist is Charlotte (yes, she’s quite girly), and her top male choice is Harry, Charlotte’s Jewish beau. There’s no flies on my little one. When Samantha’s giving it the “f” word, I turned to her and said “There you are; lots of people say that, even women”, to which she replied rather dismissively “That’s television”. And some people say TV isn’t educational! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/2 "2004-12-13T04:04:11Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/3 "2004-12-13T04:12:27Z")
Er, isn’t SIRC TV-MA? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/4 "2004-12-13T04:16:30Z")
> [@capacitor](#): > > Er, isn’t SIRC TV-MA? Come again, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/5 "2004-12-13T04:19:52Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Come again, sir. Er, isn’t SIRC TV-MA? = I might be wrong but isn’t Sex in Ra City rated television for mature audiences. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/6 "2004-12-13T04:34:53Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Er, isn’t SIRC TV-MA? = I might be wrong but isn’t Sex in Ra City rated television for mature audiences. That’s why I was interested to know if any other dopers had kids (probably girls, given the female angle of the show) who enjoy it. She also enjoys Lizzie Macguire, so gets quite a varied diet, sugar as well as meat. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/7 "2004-12-13T05:00:59Z")
I wouldn’t let a 16 year old watch that show, much less an 8 year old baby! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/8 "2004-12-13T05:20:57Z")
Is she watching the heavily edited version on TBS? I doubt they could get away with the same things that HBO did. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/9 "2004-12-13T05:29:26Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Is she watching the heavily edited version on TBS? I doubt they could get away with the same things that HBO did. The DVDs are pretty much the unedited version, I would imagine. Samantha bouncing around topless, quite a bit of effing. We’re none of us great Samantha fans. Actually, the show is rather prissy. Sarah Parker obviously has a clause written into her contract that she always wears a bra while having sex. My favourite episode remains the one where Charlotte is seduced by the European artist and his portrait ‘The Cunt’. Marvellous play on all the pretensions and snobberies surrounding gullible but wannabe WASPs and randy old Euro goats. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/10 "2004-12-13T05:33:36Z")
May I quote: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/11 "2004-12-13T06:48:56Z")
First of all, I can’t even conceive of watching unedited SaTC with my parents, and I’m _twenty_. Second of all, I’m amazed that an eight-year-old would be able to understand enough of what goes on in the show to appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/12 "2004-12-13T07:00:16Z")
> [@shy guy](#): > > First of all, I can’t even conceive of watching unedited SaTC with my parents, and I’m _twenty_. > > Second of all, I’m amazed that an eight-year-old would be able to understand enough of what goes on in the show to appreciate it. I couldn’t imagine wathing it with my father, though my mum would be up for it, I think. Well, she understands about relationships, and the difficulty of finding Mr Right. She understands the different appeal (and weaknesses) of Carrie’s various boyfriends: Big’s money and charm, Aidan’s laid-backness, Berger’s insecurities. None of us understand what she sees in the old Russian. She understands that Miranda thinks she doesn’t want to be a mum - but really does - and that she doesn’t want to love Steve - but really does. She thinks Samantha is rather a bore. She pretty much understands how babies are made, although discussions arising from _There’s Something About Mary_ certainly helped quite a bit there. Actually, she watched most episodes of _Sex and the City_ before her mum and dad got to see them, as she watches them on computer with her two Chinese cousins (17 and 20). Goodness knows what they talk about when she sleeps over there! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/13 "2004-12-13T07:24:00Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > I wouldn’t let a 16 year old watch that show, much less an 8 year old baby! > > :eek: Me neither. My husband and I watch the show on TBS. We have a toddler daughter and numerous discussions about when we should let her watch it. So far our consensus is no SATC until she’s at least eighteen. I love it but even the censored version is still quite adult. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/14 "2004-12-13T07:33:28Z")
> [@lavenderlemon](#): > > Me neither. My husband and I watch the show on TBS. We have a toddler daughter and numerous discussions about when we should let her watch it. > > So far our consensus is no SATC until she’s at least eighteen. > > I love it but even the censored version is still quite adult. Wouldn’t most American girls be ready for SATC when they reach puberty? Aren’t they all talking about sex at school or have we furriners been misled? Seriously, it’s pretty tame stuff, even when they try to shock - the bondage stuff comes to mind. Is it realistic to think you can control your daughter’s viewing until she’s 18? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/15 "2004-12-13T07:34:18Z")
Eh, how bad can the show be? I’ve seen a few episodes and don’t remember anything horribly raunchy. It’s not like nudity and swear words are going to ruin a kid. Hell, I would imagine _Scarface_ is worlds worse than SitC and I pretty much grew up with that movie. I think I was about 4 the first time I saw it (though I didn’t really _like_ it until I was about 15. I pretty much thought it was boring before then.) Kids are smarter and more rational than we give them credit for. I see things occasionally and think “I would _never_ let my kids see that!” (even though I don’t have any yet), but then I stop and think, “wait, I watched worse than that when I was a kid, and I’m fine.” If TV or videogames can screw up your child, I hate to be the one to tell you that there is already a deeper problem there. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/16 "2004-12-13T08:39:03Z")
**roger thornhill** wrote > [@](#): > > Actually, she watched most episodes of Sex and the City before her mum and dad got to see them, as she watches them on computer with her two Chinese cousins (17 and 20). Goodness knows what they talk about when she sleeps over there! Goodness knows, indeed. Is this some sort of bad whoosh? Do you honestly have zero control of what goes into your child’s mind? And zero desire to control it? And somehow this is amusing? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/17 "2004-12-13T08:52:32Z")
> [@Bill H.](#): > > **roger thornhill** wrote > > Goodness knows, indeed. Is this some sort of bad whoosh? Do you honestly have zero control of what goes into your child’s mind? And zero desire to control it? And somehow this is amusing? No whoosh. She enjoys the show and learns some things through it in a contextual way that can be discussed in a relaxed way. She’s keen to learn more about the natural world (including sex - incidentally, she also watches documentaries that show animals coupling, and takes an interest in the mating and bitrthing habits of our pet hamsters). In the Amazing Race it’s the interaction between the couples that fascinates her as much as the actual contests they have to take part in. She doesn’t watch violent stuff and horror because she doesn’t like it as much as us telling her not to. She sampled bits - we let her - and she decided it wasn’t for her. I think it does depend on the kid, and on whether (s)he’s an only child or not. You get to know them probably as well as anyone you will ever know in your life, so the enforcement of rules or adherence to codes of conduct may not always be necessary. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/18 "2004-12-13T09:18:00Z")
I’d just like to say “Good for you” and also “Good for your daughter” ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/19 "2004-12-13T09:21:15Z")
Never seen _SitC_, but I presume it’s no raunchier than Frank Zappa’s stuff (well, I dunno, is there any mudshark sex?), and I’m planning on raising my kids on FZ. I mean, come on, the ancient Romans had paintings of bestial orgies and stuff in their dining rooms, and they lasted pretty damn long. And don’t kids in nomadic tribal societies grow up watching their parents gettin’ it on in the one-room tent they all live in? I would imagine that’s a lot more traumatic than TV, yet they seem to get along fine. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549/20 "2004-12-13T09:23:28Z")
> [@Already in Use](#): > > Never seen _SitC_ Oh, I guess it’s _Sex **and** the City_. I think _Sexin’ the City Doggystyle_ would be a better title. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-8-year-old-girls-enjoy-sex-and-the-city/279549.md?page=2)