Jenny Rae Armstrong takes on the phenomenon that is "50 Shades of Grey".
She writes, "I’ve written about the abusive themes in romance novels before, and have complained about the incredibly dysfunctional examples
set by literary couples from Romeo and Juliet to Edward Cullen and
Bella Swan. But really, BDSM erotica takes it to a whole new level.
Swooning over a cranky alpha-hero can be chalked up to
culturally-induced insanity, but it doesn’t seem to me that there’s
anything subtle about the violence dished out in “50 Shades of Grey.”
Why do women fantasize about abuse? And how does it relate to
the real-life sexual abuse and domestic violence that one out of four
American women experience at some point in their lives?
I found the question so troubling that I did a little research, only
to discover that the more it’s studied, the more female sexuality leaves
scientists, psychologists, and sexologists shaking their heads in
confusion.
Read the whole thing here. In fact, read this instead of reading "50 shades." As a society, we have got to get a handle on sexual exploitation.
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