I heard a story recently on ABC news about a 13-yea-old girl who got hooked on the show Sex and the City and started normalizing the behavior on the show in her life.  Now she is married and has kids but made a lot of mistakes that she justified in her mind with the show.  Carey smoked cigarettes and so she did, Miranda thought hooking up with strangers was no big deal, and so did she.  Eventually the girl was cheating on her boyfriend 7 days a week. 
Her story made a dramatic example of the influence of television, but many believe the show changed the way women viewed hooking up.  The show features nudity, conversations about men, vibrators, everything basically.... which is all in good sense for adults, but what about impressionable teens?  With teenagers and young adults there's a certain degree of role modeling that goes on.  I'm not sure if I'd let my 13 year old daughter watch this show, but you can't blame behavior on television.  I can't understand how this girl was given the opportunityt hook up with 7 different guys a week.  But Sex and the City isn't the only promiscuous show on tv. 

I can think of a lot worse shows and movies than Sex and the City.  I think most people realize how dramatic that show really is and they should know better not to take everything so seriously.  It bugs me when people blame behavior on tv.  Even a 13 year old girl should know better.

Teens are very impressionable.  They're finding themselves and sometimes use unrealistic characters/people as their role models. 

I also heard that from when the showed originally came on until now that woman are more independent than before and not getting married at all or until they are older. Kinda interesting to think about.

I feel a connection to the show and admire a lot about these women because they are so independent, they get what they want, and it's obvious that they deserve it.  I now see nothing wrong with waiting to get married to the perfect guy, because there's no reason to settle for someone.  That's what I like about the show, I could do without all of the sexual content, but that makes it interesting too. :P