COPENHAGEN, Denmark (UPI) -- A Danish graduate student wrote in her doctoral thesis that women are attracted to "Sex and the City" because they see the characters as role models.

University of Copenhagen post-grad Mette Kramer said the attraction of the TV series, which ran from 1998-2004 on HBO, and this summer's movie version of the show, extends beyond mere entertainment and leads many women to use situations from the program as models for real life, the Copenhagen Post reported.

Kramer said that by living vicariously through the show's central characters -- Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha -- viewers can view how the women deal with issues in their fictional lives and translate it to the real world.

"They can later try out the tactics as simulated versions of Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha," Kramer said.

I don't know, never watched the show.

never watched it, hate the previews

never saw the show, but, all my friends love the show and the movie, oh, and one of my friends the closet like the in the movie that Samantha got from her boyfriend, so I guess it must be true.