Flying home two months ago and sat next to woman who was reading this book intently. She was a very nice middle aged black lady (lawyer). Prior to that, I had never heard of it. Now that I know a little bit more, I’m surprised. She didn’t seem to type to be reading such a book.
One has to wonder: why would all these strong, independent liberal women, who bemoan a “War on Women” by conservatives be so enthralled with a book on bondage?
Books like this just show how tired our culture has become. A media culture based on the “sexual revolution” depends on pushing boundaries further and further to titilate the readers and viewers. At a certain point, you have reached the end of what will titilate and the writing turns incredibly crass, boring or unintentionally humorous. You turn on TV and see people telling crude jokes. Its not funny and its not “outrageous” — its banal. Yet the writers want to believe that there are a bunch of ministers and old Christian women out there who get the vapors every time they push a sexual boundary on TV or in a book. No one cares. Its silly and insipid.
I suppose that it’s protected - unfortunately - by the First Amendment, that is, so long as it doesn’t say anything about Muslims. /sarc
Sanitized porn for a mass audience.
Ping
I think the “disguised pedophilia” claim is not well supported.
Haven’t read the book, and don’t plan to. However, all domination/submission scenarios by definition involve infantilization of the submissive partner. This is because the relationship is not one of equals, not necessarily because they are trying to recreate an adult/child relationship as such.
So those of us who call our wives or girlfriends “baby,” or occasionally swat them on the ass or find a creative use for a silk scarf or necktie, are all pedos. Moron.
How do color-blind people see porn?
In fifty shades of gray...
I have been asked ALMOST DAILY if I have read Fifty Shades of Gray. When I answer ‘no’, I am asked why.
My response is always “ I don’t fill my head with garbage.”
They act stunned.
In the end, the hero and heroine end up married with 2 children, living in a mansion overlooking the sea with a love life that involves some bondage and discipline, a little "kinky" perhaps but a long way from the depravity in which the hero is immersed at the beginning of the book.
I found it worth reading for the psychological insight into the characters, seeing how depraved behavior can be traced to childhood experiences and how, with love, understanding and compassion, it is possible for a person to reform themselves into a reasonable human being.
What can you expect from Perfidious Albion (aka England)? Like I have said many times before the UK is leading the West into the abyss of destruction. Here is another fine example!
Nuke the island from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Excellent article...sick set of books. It is all about de-sensitizing the people...accept homosexuality as normal...accept gay marriage as normal...next?
That’s the dirty little secret of Twilight (which 50 Shades is just fan fic of) that everybody studiously ignores:
Why is a 120 year old vampire dating a high school girl?
I don’t know if either is really normalizing anything, everybody just ignores the implications.
My son asked me about this series of books last night. There was a girl at his high school who was “reading it for class.” Another boy took the book and began reading it aloud.” It must have been pretty graphic for him to remember and to say something. Heh. Anywho, I am guessing that it was not assigned to the whole class but was picked by the girl for a book report. I do intend to ask the principal who is new to the school. I would try to find the teacher first, but there are so many.
I remember reading The Thorn Birds in the 9th grade. Our gifted teacher required us to read a novel a quarter, and she loaned me her copy. Well, there is at least one section of interesting relations. Of course, I shared the sections with friends. By the time I returned the book to the teacher, I think some pages were falling out. LOL Oops! She never said a word.
if the title is correct and that is the subject matter of the book, is that not 1. illegal and 2. against amazon policy? they have pulled such things from sale.