Sex and Sin City

Written by Tara Tainton

Sunday, 23 May 2010 15:58

As I've been informed, a new Sex in the City movie is coming out. I've been invited to a special girls-only screening... some shindig involving free cocktails and dressing up all glamorously. I had to break the news to my girl friends that I'm not a fan... I never caught the show, have only overheard what all the buzz is about. With that, a copy of "the complete 1st season" was shoved in my hand.

The bits I've heard or seen about Sex in the City gave me the impression that the plot, if there is one, may dwell a bit too much on women in general. Do any men have major roles in the show? Or perhaps the issues covered or the characters typecasted match a certain small segment of the general population and their trials and tribulations don't match those of "the rest of us." I figured the show would be just plain silly or maybe view like one of those trashy romance novels reads without a bit of mental stimulation offered.

As I played one episode after another this morning while taking care of household chores and going through my usual Sunday routine, I was startled to realize that the stars of the show, that famous gaggle of girls, were discussing the very issues, thoughts, and desires that I have been lately. In fact, I was just last night as I was tucked safely within the nest formed in a dark corner of a Las Vegas hot spot with my own newly formed group of girl buds. We're already closely knit, sharing the sordid details of our past relationships and the characteristics of the ones we're looking forward to having in the future. None of us are involved with anyone currently. We're all free, completely single... and haven't had sex as recently as we'd like.

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I have to give more credit to the HBO production I'd never watched before. Here I am living out Sex and Sin City myself right now. My sexy gal pals and I had just partaken of the Roller Derby scene... placing ourselves in a completely new environment to expand our social and entertainment horizons and surround ourselves with a subculture the three of us weren't yet familiar with. We admired the colorful and individual funky outfits of the Las Vegas Roller Girls, noting their own version of what the definition of "sexy" and "girl power" are. We followed up the event with tapas and cocktails at a swanky little joint off the strip where most of the clientele were already paired up in boy-girl couples and putting the dim lighting to great use.

Meanwhile, my two girl friends and I shared an all-too-serious discussion of what our single lives are like and what we want them to be. The beauty of us - and perhaps our greatest sex appeal together and separately - is that we're all quite content. We're all happy, successful, well educated, fun-loving, free-spirited, and have a slew of hot love affairs, travel adventures, and even former marriages credited to our life experiences. And did I mention that we happen to be sexy as hell? We're the perfect candidates for the casual sex we want to be having and attracting those cool, down-to-earth, sexually driven men we're keeping an eye out for. We'll take 'em older or younger... we each have a minimum of three decades of experience to offer the very lucky men who will meet our acquaintance next.

Just as Sex and the City describes, it isn't always easy to meet applicable partners - for simple sex or more - in a big city. It isn't necessarily easy when you're an attractive, laid back woman ready to add fun to a man's life without any undo pressure or annoyances. It isn't that simple when you "put yourself out there" and hit the hot spots... and the cooler spots... ready and willing to open up to a new relationship experience.

Yet, like the gals in Sex and the City, we strong-willed, focused, and determined women of Sex and Sin City aren't giving up without a fight. We'll find what we're looking for... and you may hear of a few male casualties in the Las Vegas area who found they just weren't as capable of handling a real spitfire female as they thought they were. Se la vi. Oh, the stories I'm going to have to share with you!