[Young women], who were supposed to be preparing to take over the world, sometimes looked more as if they were planning on a career in the sex-services industry. They had spent their formative years watching Sex and the City, whose messages were: (1) Only girlfriends last forever, and (2) Anything worth doing is worth doing in a tutu and stiletto heels.

When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present (2009)