On the TV show & quot;Sex and the City & quot; there are 4 main female characters. Each of the 4 characters are friends with each other in very specific ways. Though there has been lots of academic research regarding the shows implications of feminism, stereotypes, and so forth, my study aims to look at the most important factor of the show: its friendships. Using 12 different examples from the show itself (one for each character and their friendship one on one with each of the other characters), I will be able to perform a content analysis and show how the power of friendships affect each individual character. “Sex and the City” takes four completely different women who happen to be best friends, and deals specifically with women in the late 20th century into the early 21st century, and how changing roles and definitions of who a women should be and its effects on each of the characters Because of this, it’s important to really look at the show as a whole as well as each individual character and see why the audience finds the series so appealing. First of all it’s important to note that this show has created a bit of controversy. The series’ four main characters are prominent females in high level jobs (a journalist with her own column, an attorney who eventually becomes partner at her firm, one who manages an art gallery and a PR agent). There is also a misogynistic element saying that women in roles such as these should not be friends. As a result, this series breaks the traditional narratives of sexual and powerful women within society. This research paper needs to be a methodology paper that discusses the method of using a content analysis for this project. It should identify the specific procedures that will be used to achieve each of the intended outcomes and discuss your rationale for the approach. (Outcomes referring to the breaking of conventional roles that high power women can''t be friends, why this is a good things, how realistic is it, and that it''s a good thing this situation is portrayed on television i.e. the audience finds it to be realistic).