However, surprisingly I agree with her to some extent this time. She believes 50 Shades of Grey is a badly written porn & it's only demeaning women.
I haven’t read it, so I don’t know if it’s badly written or not but I know about the plot. I don’t find anything sexy about it, but people have strange kind of fantasies. Anyhow, this erotic novel has done pretty well business not just in the UK but also around the world. Since it’s featuring elements of BDSM, maybe that’s why it has touched so many :P As of now, we do not know how many have landed in hospitals all injured.
You know the most beautiful woman in the world doesn’t think like any ordinary women in the UK. She said in an interview on This Morning show:
“Giving it this name of mummy porn, using this kind of safe, middle-class word, makes women think it's okay to read it. I'm not saying they shouldn't read it - but let's not kid ourselves. It's degrading. The character is a victim. She's a virgin. She's negotiating to become the main protagonist's sex slave. That's not where we are in the 21st century.”
When I first heard this ‘mummy porn’ thing, I did find it very funny. You can read just about anything, you don’t need to justify it by using stupid words. And then there was no need to drag a virgin in this plot who never even had a boyfriend. This character most probably hasn’t even kissed a guy & she’s ready to sign a contract allowing the man to have full control over her life. When he finds out she’s a virgin , he agrees to have sex with her so that she could be prepared. She learns that his sexual tastes involve bondage, domination, and sadism. How utterly boring!
However, this is just a book. You have the right to read it & get excited. Or try out something better. I don’t see anything in this plot other than the fact that readers are just getting excited. Most probably some will try out these sports just to satisfy their own desires but Samantha Brick is worried that they might get injured. Oh the lady really cares :P
“There is a flip side. Without meaning to be flippant, sex games do go wrong. Hospitals are full of people who have been injured this way. Deaths have occurred. S&M isn't to be taken lightly. You have characters going into this fantasy world and there are no checks and balances in place.”
The book is widely available everywhere & that also bothers Samantha Brick.
“Madonna released an explicit book in the Nineties that was sold on the top shelf of the supermarkets in a special cover. It was sealed and there was a warning on it. But there is nothing stopping children and young teens picking up Fifty Shades.”
I believe lots of things happen in this world & people get injured without reading idiotic books on sex. They just happen to be victims. Even if they put warning, teenagers will still get hold of it.
We have strange kind of cultures all over the world. Far more dirty things happen in the real world. This is just a book. And maybe some women need this kind of strange fantasies. Who cares what they find fascinating about it, but everyone has the right to choose what they want to read. However, it’s good to know Samantha Brick cares.
Even though I’m madly in love with literature & I have read some really boring novels & plays, but erotic literature never fascinates me. I know that I won’t be able to read it but I don’t think it’s such a big deal that women have gone nuts over a novel of this nature. But one thing is clear & that is my humble opinion - Since countless women have fallen for it, the novel can’t be that great cause people only fall for mediocrity.
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