Outspoken Pretenders star Chrissie Hynde says shows such as Sex and the City – which followed the love lives of Carrie Bradshaw and her three pals – have set the feminist cause back
Sex and the City has set feminism “way back”, Pretenders star Chrissie Hynde claims.
The 71-year-old Don’t Get Me Wrong singer said she considers herself a “feminist through and through” but said shows like the sitcom â which follows the love lives of Carrie Bradshaw and her three girlfriends â have not helped the cause. Chrissie said she thought feminism had been “fixed” when she was a teenager in the 1960s.
She said: “I thought we could move on from that and women could do what they wanted. The big change for me was pre-birth control and after. Only 80 years ago, women might have had 30 pregnancies including miscarriages by the age of 50.
“I think modern feminists sometimes forget that. Some of the problem since has been what people are watching on television Sex and the City, things like that. That put it way back. I mean, who talks about dating? I never went on a date in my life. In certain areas, of course there’s equality that has to be addressed. But in the arts, I don’t see that.”