Samantha Jones
“Well, I don’t know how you people do it. All that emotional chow-chow. It’s exhausting.”
If we are to consider the theory that dreams do show feelings that people aren’t able to express, then Samantha may not be dreaming of sex at all! If Freud is pertaining to people’s innermost unfulfilled desires, it most definitely ain’t sex for Ms. Jones. The most sexually empowered among the girls, Samantha takes the power of sex in her hands. With a towering level of confidence, it is no wonder Sam gets what she wants (except for seducing a really hot priest). She is a woman on top (always). She thinks love and relationships are ... well she rarely talked about it, she really has nothing to say about it! She doesn’t believe in serious affairs because she thinks that there is just too many out there, so why limit yourself to one? Sensuality, intelligence, confidence.. Samantha Jones.
It’s quite interesting to comment on Sam’s personality and ways of dealing with life, particularly love. I really don’t know about her childhood but it seems like she had been fixated at the phallic stage. She displays an exact personality of a female phallic, but she is still able to hold respect. I would like to cite situations that showcases her promiscuity at large. In an episode, she totally got turned on by a hunk fireman, approaches him, gets to know him (at least his name and number), and later they are making love at the middle of a fire station.. until the fire siren began wailing. She also tried to seduce a hot monk, she introduced herself to the monk, offered donations and some catchy pickup lines, but unfortunately failed to succeed. She also is very vocal to her sexual activities, like in an episode she proudly proclaims “I masturbated all afternoon!” Oh boy, If Freud knew Samantha, he would be more assured that sex and aggression are the basic instincts in life!
Samantha Jones is a self-confessed stranger to love. She is afraid to test the waters of love and serious relationships, though she never admits that she really is afraid.. she’d rather say that she isn’t really interested into such things. Well, a clear rationalization of her behavior. Hmm, sounds convincing cause it’s evident that she’s having fun having with everyone. I’d like to think that Samantha never wanted to venture into love because she has already learned. From past experiences, and mostly with the experiences of her friends. Perhaps, she has been classically conditioned (pretty complicated term for sex and the city!) that everytime you fall in love with someone, it is associated with being hurt. She probably views that loving a guy always ends up in tears, late night phone fights, commitment problems, and a broken heart. But Samantha met a guy she really fell for, and she taught that she could finally undergo the extinction process so she let things fall into their proper places. Worse than ever, what she feared at the beginning is actually happening, her heart is broken and it really struck her. A stranger to love (and being heart broken), Samantha quite didn’t do well. I wouldn’t wonder if in the next season of Sex and the City, she would prefer to be single. I really cannot blame her if she is to generalize all men (she isn’t alone anyway)! Well, Samantha’s being sexually liberated is still at large.. often being just infatuated (pure passion) with people she meets, having her usual one night stands.
Samantha Jones’ Famous Lines:
“Sex with an ex can be depressing. If it’s good, you don’t have it anymore; if it’s bad, you just had sex with an ex.”
“There’s not enough wall space in New York City to hang all my exes, but let me tell you, a lot of them were hung.”
“When I RSVP to a party, I make it my business to cum!”