The marriage between the characters Steve Brady and Miranda Hobbs is one of the central relationships highlighted in the 2008 film Sex and the City. The description of their relationship is embedded in the events that led to Steve's sexual infidelity with his wife, his confession of his transgression, and the couple's journey toward reconciliation. Before Steve's isolated act of infidelity, the audience notes the low marital satisfaction between the couple. Psychological research is able to explain that this low marital satisfaction stems from equally low sexual satisfaction which their only child was likely to have influenced. The type of infidelity Steve committed and his justification are also representative of psychological research findings. Studies have shown that men who have extramarital affairs usually commit sexual infidelity and use a sexual reason as the cause for initiating this affair. Psychological research may also explain Miranda's ability to forgive Steve and the absence of her jealousy. The relationship between Steve and Miranda is an accurate cinematic representation of the psychological research on infidelity in marriages. The state of the couple's marriage before Steve's extradyadic affair is a truthful representation of the findings from psychological research. This depiction of psychological research is also likely to foreshadow Steve's affair. Before Steve commits his infidelity, viewers can watch Miranda struggle to balance her time between her full-time career, parenting a young child, and maintaining her marriage. A period of no sex between the couple is described by Miranda stating that the last time she and Steve had sex... middle of paper ...... ychological research is accurately described through marriage between Steve and Miranda in Sex and the City. The relationship predating infidelity clearly reflects psychological research on low marital satisfaction that comes from low sexual satisfaction. The depiction also embodies findings that demonstrate that low marital satisfaction is extremely important in marriages with one child. The results of psychological research continue to be evident through Steve's engagement in sexual infidelity and his use of a sexual motive as his reasoning for it. Miranda's ability to forgive Steve and not display jealousy is a further and final representation of psychological research in the film. The cinematic depiction of Steve and Miranda's marriage is an accurate representation of various psychological research findings regarding marriage and infidelity..