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The real Sex and the City

You know how people are always talking about how Sex and the City was groundbreaking, innovative television? Critics and audiences have never stopped lauding the show for being the first to address female sexuality in a frank and funny way. And while Sex and the City certainly was about female sex, it was definitely not the first TV show to talk about women having sex. In fact, Sex and the City was merely The Golden Girls for the Manolo set. If you want groundbreaking, look no further than 1985. Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia were the original Miranda, Samantha, Charlotte and Carrie. They were just as obsesse with clothes (even if they were drop-waisted apricot skirt suits from The Jaclyn Smith Collection, not skintight Herve Leger bandage dresses), indulgences (in seven seasons, the girls chomped their way through 100 cheesecakes) and of course, men, as Carrie and co. Who'd have though that sixty-something women could be so damned racy?