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I am a voracious reader.
I am a feminist.
I am a firm believer in women having the right to optimize their sex life and their choices.
But I positively, absolutely refuse to read the Fifty Shades of Grey series.
Don't get me wrong; I'm not a prude. I am all about supporting women and their pursuit of pornography. But it's hard to get behind something that promotes women embracing pornography by way of "feminism" (ostensibly by allowing the heroine to talk about her "inner goddess") while also being written in a maturity level many reviewers state is more akin to a teenager.
Porn for women is an important market, albeit not one as important as it is for men because - for one second, lemme' just put on my Generalization Hat here - I believe that women need less visual stimulation than men do. We can see pictures of Alexander Skarsgard and think he's mighty attractive. We can see him in action in scenes in True Blood and it gets turned into material we re-play in our minds for that special one-on-one time that we need.
Offer a man a book of prose pornography ("He grabbed her juicy melons in a heated moment and, after leaning down and drinking her nectar, promised he'd let her restraints go all in good time") and he would look at you, sigh and say, "Really? What the hell is this shit?"
And the truth is, I feel the same. Not only am I not a fan of romance novels - yes, I get that women consider them "escapism" (however as "escapism" is defined as an escape from routine, for me that's not putting the bins out for tomorrow and the dishes can go fuck themselves) but I can't get behind reading porn.
There is no quality porn to read, I think. People vouchsafe the likes of Jane Austen - "A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment." Quality, maybe. Hot it is not.
Veer towards the usual thrift store fodder of Johanna Lindsey and it gets even worse - "Don't make me have to chase after you again, because there's no way in hell you can get away from me, lady." A hint of the BDSM that Fifty Shades of Grey promises there. That little whisper of "I own you" streaked through the writing and into our malleable hearts. And BDSM (bondage, domination, sadomasochism) has a strong line in romance. We are weak, the man is strong and in control, and thank god he is or we'd be captured by the rogue pirates/pillaged by Vikings/late for the nursery run and charged that extra £5 per minute.
Then I read the stuff written in Fifty Shades of Grey: "My inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves. My subconscious is frantically fanning herself, and my inner goddess is swaying and writhing to some primal carnal rhythm."
No.
Seriously.
No.
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Thu Jul 19, 2012 - 7:00 pm
I read the beginning, found it really boring and poorly written and never even got to any of the "inner goddess" scenes. And for the record, I'm not against porn either. In fact, I worked in the porn business for ten years.Reply -
3 replies, Last reply by Charles on Thu Aug 9, 2012 at 2:49 pm
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Wed Jul 25, 2012 - 2:50 pm
I read all 3 books, and I'm pleased as punch with myself that I made it through all 3 without smashing my ereader against the wall. Why? So I can state that yes I've read them, and no, I did not like them. I don't understand what is so great about them, and why so many people love the controlling, abusive, obnoxious character of Christian Grey. And even more so I do not get how years of abuse as a child forming his abusive character as an adult cannot be undone by years and years of therapy, but instead by the love of this particular woman (where others have failed). Um, yeah, as if. And that's before you even go into the repetitive writing, bad characterisation, and ridiculous plot.Reply -
Report Tue Jul 24, 2012 - 10:00 pmFunny/interesting to me, the women who state proudly they "refuse" to read 50 Shades. My friend's cousin just announced the same thing on Sunday when we were discussing books we've read and I asked her if she'd read it. "I've heard terrible things about it, I will not read it!" she stated proudly. Really? Exactly the opposite of how I respond to controversial topics. Reminds me of when "The Last Temptation of Christ" came out, soooo many Christians denouncing the movie, picketing it, how dare a movie portray Jesus having a family, blah blah. I couldn't wait to see that movie, and it was actually very good. It seemed to me to be a reasonable temptation for Christ to have, I mean, why wouldn't Satan offer Jesus a normal human married/family man life if he renounced God? I believe that if the people so outraged by the movie had actually, you know, *watched* it with an open mind, they might have found it respectful and interesting. But instead they denounced it without ever watching it, having no idea how the movie unfolds, just going on what they'd heard from others or from a few scenes in previews. Same for 50 Shades, yes, it's bad porn. And it's not written well, it's a fan-fic that was not edited. But so what? Men watch (rather than read) bad porn all the time, I never hear them bitching about the poor quality of their porn. They just seem to move on to the next bad porn. haha I forced myself past the bad writing and read all three books of "50 Shades" and found the sub plot with the whole "bad guy" arc slightly more interesting than the sex scenes. Which really weren't all that shocking to me, compared to other stuff I've read or heard about. Dunno. I just don't understand the whole "I'll never read that book! I'll never watch that movie! I'll never!" whatever it is. Whenever I hear there is a controversy, I can't WAIT to get my hands on it so I can formulate my own opinion.Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Teresa on Wed Jul 25, 2012 at 2:13 am
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Fri Jul 20, 2012 - 6:48 am
My inner goddess is biting her lip - to keep from throwing up. So over this. and you know there will be a movie or three.Reply -
Report Fri Jul 20, 2012 - 2:48 amThe only women who find the abusive, "I own you and control you" relationship portrayed in this book 'sexy' and 'exciting' are women who have never been in an abusive relationship,Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Teresa on Fri Jul 20, 2012 at 2:52 am
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Thu Jul 19, 2012 - 8:07 pm
Read 9 chapters and I could not go on. Terrible, terrible book. I do volunteer work where I advocate for abused & neglected kids in the courts. In many cases, their moms are victims of domestic violence and emotional abuse. Christian Grey is not sexy. He's an abusive controlling a-hole with mommy issues. I think the one thing I hate about this book more than the horrible writing is that it perpetuates the idea that if a woman stays with a man who controls and mistreats her, if she just loves him enough, he will change. This is one of the main excuses battered women give to justify staying with their abusers. There was a scene I did read where someone had "freshly f*cked" hair, and I immediately thought about the hair gel scene from "There's Something About Mary". I thought I heard my inner goddess speaking to me once. Turns out, it was gas.Reply -
1 reply, Last reply by Everyday Stranger on Thu Jul 19, 2012 at 10:27 pm
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Report Thu Jul 19, 2012 - 6:03 pmHaving been in an abusive relationship a long time ago, this book makes me squirm, and not in a good way. I was dominated and physically abused and it certainly did not turn me on! I made it through the first book of 50 Shades and if I read "biting her lip" or "inner goddess" (wtf is that anyway?) one mor time I'll just scream! Seriously, this certainly could have been ONE book if you cut out all the boring repeatative phrases.Reply
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1 reply, Last reply by Everyday Stranger on Thu Jul 19, 2012 at 10:20 pm
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